148582 Captain Dudley Crofton FOLLAND, Long Range Desert Group: POW

Army Number: 148582
Rank: Captain
Name: Dudley Crofton FOLLAND
Unit: Long Range Desert Group

Date of Birth: 28 Nov 1912
Date of Enlistment: 7 Dec 1939
Date of Capture : 23 Nov 1943
Place of Capture: Leros

 

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

1. No. 148582
RANK - CAPTAIN
SURNAME - FOLLAND
CHRISTIAN NAMES - DUDLEY CROFTON
DECORATIONS -

2. UNIT (ARMY) - LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP

3. DIVISION (ARMY) -

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 28th NOVEMBER 1912

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 7th DECEMBER 1939

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - Departmental Manager
Steel & tinplate trade Coy: D?


7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - "HEOLGERRIG HOUSE" LLANELLEN, ABERGAVENNY, MON. GREAT BRITAIN

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - LEROS, 23 NOVEMBER 1943

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - No

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
DULAG 135/1 ATHENS 24/11/43 - 3/12/43
STALAG VII A MOOSBURG 16/12/43 - 23/12/43
? LUCKENWALDE Interrogation Center 24/12/43 - 18/1/44
OFLAG VIII F MAHRISH TRUBAU 19/1/44 - 26/4/45
OFLAG VIII F BRUNSWICK 1/5/45 - 12/4/45


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
Severe stomach trouble, ?, January 1944 - to present time
Continual eye & head trouble, old head injury, continual
12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
Sometimes when diet available but continually



GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. 148582
RANK - CAPTAIN
SURNAME - FOLLAND
CHRISTIAN NAMES - DUDLEY CROFTON


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).
Yes. At LUCKENWALDE Interrogation centre. Solitary confinement from 24/1143 to 18/1/44. Bad diet, threats, no light, kept up all hours of the nigh, no medical attention. General rough treatment and ?


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?
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 24/4/45
Signature Dudley C Folland, Captain

 

See also:

• Mentioned in The Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945: Providence Their Guide By David Lloyd-Owen
• Mentioned in The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean By Brendan O'Carroll
• Information about Dudley Folland from historicracing.com
  
• Dudley FOLLAND • STATS F1
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• Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Dudley Crofton Folland
  
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• 1937 - https://www.society.caths.cam.ac.uk/Public_Magazines/1937.pdf
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• 1930s Depression & Swansea RFC – SWANSEA RFC - Dudley Folland and Wilf Harris departed. They decided to play football rather than rugby. Folland got into the Swansea Town Reserves team.
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