Adding these links for Reference 2617003 Serjeant Andrew SEDDON, Grenadier Guards & 2nd Special Air Service: POW
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14082730 [hr] M.I.9/S/P.G.(L)366 The information contained in this report is to be treated as MOST SECRET ACCOUNT OF THE ESCAPE OF 5382080 Guardsman H. COLLETT, GRENADIER GUARDS Captured: 10 May 1940 Escaped: 3 December 1940 Army Service: 5 years Regular, 2 years T.A. Peacetime Profession: College Servant, Queen’s College, OXFORD Private Address: 5 Wayside, Branston Heath, BURTON-ON-TRENT, Staffs. Left GIBRALTAR: 4 July 1941 Arrived GLASGOW: 13 July 1941 I was captured on 10 May 1940 on the ALBERT CANAL, BELGIUM. After capture we were marched through BRUSSELS and GHENT and eventually sent to a camp in LUXEMBOURG. There were about 50 British Prisoners of War in this Camp. I escaped from LUXEMBOURG on 3 December by climbing a 12 ft. wall surmounted by broken glass and spikes. I made my way back through BELGIUM and crossed into FRANCE near TOURNAI. I spent some time at CYSOING, LILLE and LENS, and was kept by a French family in GENECH for two months. I crossed the line of demarcation on the outskirts of TOURS on 6 March 1941 after two unsuccessful attempts. I reached MARSEILLES on 14 March and on 28 March crossed the PYRENEES. On 1 April the Spanish frontier police arrested me and I spent seven weeks in Concentration camps. INTERVIEWED by M.I.9 15 July 1941 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7376477
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14083177 . http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7376692 . http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7395480
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14083202 . http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7376688 . http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7406659 . http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7637205
