2735640 Guardsman William Reginald CROCKER, 2 Welsh Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 9 January 1940
Army Number: 2735640
Rank: Guardsman
Name: William Reginald CROCKER
Unit: 2 Welsh Guards, 3 Company

Date of Birth: 19 October 1919
Place of Birth:

Date of Capture: 28 May 1940
Place of Capture: France

POW Number: 11271
POW Camps: Stalag VIIIB, Stalag 344

 

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PART I.
GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.

1. No. 2735640
RANK - GDSMN
SURNAME - CROCKER
CHRISTIAN NAMES - WILLIAM REGINALD
DECORATIONS -

2. UNIT (ARMY) - GDSM [sic]

3. DIVISION (ARMY) -

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 19th OCT. 1919

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 9/1/1940

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION -

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - VINE TREE HOTEL, ABERGAVENNY, MONMOUTHSHIRE, S. WALES

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - BOULOGNE, FRANCE, 28/5/1940

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? -

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
STALAG 344 STALAG 8B LAMSDORF GERMANY 1/6/1940 - 28/2/45


11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
STALAG 344 1/7/40 - 28/2/45 FLOUR MILL


12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration
-
12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?


GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. 2735640
RANK - GDSM
SURNAME - CROCKER
CHRISTIAN NAMES - WILLIAM REGINALD


2. LECTURES before Capture:
( a ) Were you lectured in your unit on how to behave the event of capture? (State where, when and by whom).
NO
( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom.
NO

3. INTERROGATION after capture:
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).
NO

4. ESCAPES attempted:
Did yo make any attempted or partly successful escapes? (Give details of each attempt accurately, stating where, when, method employed, names of your companions, wherein when recaptured and by whom. Were you physically fit? What happened to your companions?)
NO

5. SABOTAGE
Did you do any sabotage or destruction of enemy factory plant, war material, communications, etc, when employed on working-parties or during escape? (Give details, places and dates.)
NO

6. COLLABORATION with enemy:
Do you know of any British or American personnel who collaborated with the enemy or in any way helped the enemy agains other Allied Prisoners of War? (Give details, names of persons concerned, camps, dates and nature of collaboration or help given to enemy).
NO

7. WAR CRIMES
If you have any information or evidence of bad treatment by the enemy to yourself or to others, or knowledge of any enemy violation of Geneva Convention you should ask for a copy of "Form Q" on which to make your statement.
(NOTE: Form Q is a separate form inviting information on "War Crimes" and describes the kind of offences coning under this title.)



GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET
(continued)

8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice?
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SECURITY UNDERTAKING
I fully realise that all information relating the matters covered by the questions in Part II. are of a highly secret and official nature.

I have had explained to me and fully understand that under Defence Regulations or U.S.A.R. 380-5 I am forbidden to publish or communicate any information concerning these matters.

Date 29/5/1945
Signature W. R. Crocker