Army Number: 410448 Rank: Trooper Name: John CUNNINGHAM Unit: "D" Battalion, Layforce Date of Birth: 23 Apr 1919 Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland Date of Enlistment: 28 May 1937 Date of Capture: 1 Jun 1941 Place of Capture: Crete Army Number Block Allocations 386001 to 528000 Dragoons
Name: John Cunningham . Date of Birth: 23/4/1918 . Place of Birth: Edinburgh,... | The National Archives Reference: WO 416/85/184 Name: John Cunningham. Date of Birth: 23/4/1918. Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland. Service: British Army. Rank: Trooper. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Royal Armoured Corps. Service Number: 410448. Date of Capture: [unspecified]. Theatre of Capture: [unspecified]. Camp Name/Number: Stalag IVB Muhlberg. PoW number: 96053. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 0. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 1. Date: [1939-1945]
View Record via Ancestry PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 1. No. 410448 RANK - TROOPER SURNAME - CUNNINGHAM CHRISTIAN NAMES - JOHN DECORATIONS - 2. UNIT (ARMY) - D BATTALION, LAYFORCE 3. DIVISION (ARMY) - 4. DATE OF BIRTH - 23rd APRIL 1919 5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 28th MAY 1937 6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - FARMER 7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 10 ST. STEPHEN STREET, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND 8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - CRETE 1st JUNE 1941 9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO 10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED Camp No. / Location / From / Till CRETE JUNE - JULY 1941 SALONIKA, GREECE JULY - AUGUST 1941 STALAG ? B MUHLBERG AUGUST - OCT. 19th 1941 STALAG IV A - 502 CAMP BURGHAMMER OCT 1941 - APRIL 14th 1945 11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP? Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work BURGHAMMER OCT 1941 - APRIL 14th 1945 COAL MINE 1 2. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W? Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration NIL 12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT? NIL GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET 1. No. 410448 RANK - TROOPER SURNAME - CUNNINGHAM CHRISTIAN NAMES - JOHN 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). EGYPT, CAPTAIN BOYLE ( 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 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?) 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? NO 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 17th May 1945 Signature J Cunningham
