Date of Enlistment: 11 April 1940 Army Number: 2736013 Rank: Guardsman Name: Oliver EVANS Unit: 3 Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 16 December 1919 Place of Birth: Wales Date of Capture: 27 May 1944 Place of Capture: Cassino Sector POW Number: 131317 POW Camps: Campo PG 82. Stalag VII A, Stalag 344, Stalag VIII,
Name: Oliver Evans . Date of Birth: 19/12/1919 . Place of Birth: Wales . Service:... | The National Archives Reference: WO 416/114/328 Name: Oliver Evans. Date of Birth: 19/12/1919. Place of Birth: Wales. Service: [British Army]. Rank: Guardsman. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Welsh Guards]. Service Number: 2736013. Date of Capture: 27 May 1944. Theatre of Capture: Italy. Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIA Moosburg. PoW number: 131317. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 1. Number of Fingerprints: 1. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 4.
View Record Evans Oliver 16 Dec 1919 11 Apr 1940 27 May 1944 Cassino Sector via Ancestry PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 1. No. 2736013 RANK - GDSM. SURNAME - EVANS CHRISTIAN NAMES - OLIVER DECORATIONS - 2. UNIT (ARMY) - WELSH GDS. 3. DIVISION (ARMY) - 4. DATE OF BIRTH - 16th Dec. 1919 5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 11th April 1940 6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - LABOURER 7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 55 Fell Street, Treharris, Glamorgan, South Wales 8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - Cassino Sector 27/5/44 9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - 10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED Camp No. / Location / From / Till LATERINA ITALY 10/6/44 - 24/6/44 STALAG VIIA MOOBURG 24/6//44 - 1/8/44 STALAG 344 LAMSDORF 1/8/44 - 23/8/44 STALAG VIII UPPER SILESIA 23/8/44 - 23/1/45 11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP? Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work UPPER SILESIA 23/8/44 - 23/1/45 COAL MINING 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. 2736013 RANK - GDSM SURNAME - EVANS CHRISTIAN NAMES - OLIVER 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). - ( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom. - 3. INTERROGATION after capture: Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy). - 4. ESCAPES attempted: Did you 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?) - 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.) - 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). - 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? - 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 - Signature Evans, O. MARCHES. Have you taken part in any marches in or into GERMANY? If so, please write names of any personnel who you saw fall out, giving, if possible, place, name, and date. -
