6019556 Private Charles George FREEMAN, 2/5 Essex Regiment: POW

Date of Enlistment: 18 January 1940
Army Number: 6019556
Rank: Private
Name: Charles George FREEMAN
Unit: 2/5 Essex Regiment

Date of Birth: 16 October 1919
Place of Birth: Dagenham, London

Date of Capture: 1 July 1942
Place of Capture: El Alamein

POW Number: 130168
POW Camp: Campo PG 82, Stalag VII A, Stalag VII B, Stalag 383,

 

Name: Charles [G] Freeman . Date of Birth: 16/10/1919 . Place of Birth: Dagenham,... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/129/56
Name: Charles [G] Freeman.
Date of Birth: 16/10/1919.
Place of Birth: Dagenham, London.
Service: [British Army].
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [The Essex Regiment].
Service Number: 6019556.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIA Moosburg.
PoW number: 130168.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 6.

 

via Ancestry

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

1. No. 6019556
RANK - PRIVATE
SURNAME - FREEMAN
CHRISTIAN NAMES - CHARLES GEORGE
DECORATIONS -

2. UNIT (ARMY) - 2/5th ESSEX REGIMENT

3. DIVISION (ARMY) -

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 16th October 1919

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 18th January 1940

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - TILER

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 22 DAGENHAM AVENUE, DAGENHAM, ESSEX

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - EL ALAMEIN 1st JULY 1942

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
[CAMPO] PG 82 ITALY 6/7/42 - 8/4/43
[STALAG] VIIA MOOSBURG NOV. - JULY
[STALAG] VIIB EICHSTATT JULY - MARCH
[STALAG] 383 STEINBURG MARCH - MAY 25th 45


11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
NO

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


GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. 6019556
RANK - PRIVATE
SURNAME - FREEMAN
CHRISTIAN NAMES - CHARLES GEORGE


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 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?)
I escaped in ITALY from Sienna to Rome. My companion's name was GREEN. Was recaptured by the Germans in Rome.


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 5/5/45
Signature C. G. Freeman

 

See also:

• 38457 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Maurice Carstairs JONES-MORTIMER, 2 Welsh Guards: POW