2067792 Lance-Corporal Douglas Eric JONES, 11 Special Air Service: POW

Army Number: 2067792
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Name: Douglas Eric JONES
Unit: 11 Special Air Service

Date of Birth: 15 Jan 1918
Date of Enlistment: January 1939
Date of Capture: February 1941
Place of Capture: Southern Italy

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

1. No. 2067792
RANK - L. Corporal
SURNAME - Jones
CHRISTIAN NAMES - Douglas Eric
DECORATIONS -

2. UNIT (ARMY) - No. 11 Special Air Service

3. DIVISION (ARMY) -

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 15/1/18

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - January 1939

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - Upholsterer

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 23, Manchester Road, Knutsford, Cheshire

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - Southern Italy, Feb. 1941

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - No

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
[Campo PG] 78 Sulmona Italy Feb 1941 - Sep. 1943

11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
Lager 110 STALAG IVD Dec. 1943 April 1945 Carpenter & Cement Worker
Lager 88 STALAG IVD Oct. 1943 - Dec. 1943 Labourer (Sugar Fabrik)

12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration
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12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
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GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. 2067792
RANK - L. Corporal
SURNAME - Jones
CHRISTIAN NAMES - Douglas Erick


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).
Ringway Aerodrome, Manchester. By officer, name unknown.
( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom.
Tor Castle, nr. Fort William Scotland. August 1940. By S/Ldr? Evans, well know by his books on escape during last war.


3. INTERROGATION after capture:
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).
NAPLES. Feb. 1941. Interrogated by two Italians in plain clothes, Questions - Regiment, No. of troops used, Type and No. of planes etc. (No violence)
Second attempt. Two civilians. Believed Italian Intelligence purporting to be members of the Red Cross and giving us cigarettes. To all questions answer was "I do not know."


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?)
Attempted to reach British lines when Italy capitulated. First attempt failed in hills through lack of water, returned to Camp for further supplies and on second try was recaptured by Germans who were rounding up escaped P.O.Ws. in the SULMONA Area.
2. Crossed the ELBE guarded by German Guard, left him behind near the American lines and with the exception of one man, my Lager reached the American troops on the MULDE river (April 20 - April 26)


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.)
I had very little chance to commit sabotage as I have never worked or had the chance of reaching any machines or war materials. my work for the Germans has been of the poorest quality and while making cement Air Raid Shelters have neglected to reinforce them with metal, weakening them at least 50%.


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).
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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?
I should like to recommend to you Alfred MULLER, Owner of a Cement Factory at Ortrand, Kreis Liebenwerda, Saxony, for his very good treatment to the prisoners who were working for him. He has been a friend and helper to all prisoners in his village and has often risked his freedom doing many things for us all that was strictly forbidden under the Party Regime.


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 May 13 1945
Signature Douglas Eric Jones