313888 Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Percy IGGULDEN, DSO, CBE, TD, MiD, 4 Buffs: POW

Army Number: 313888
Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
Name: Douglas Percy IGGULDEN, CBE, DSO, TD
Unit: 4 Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment


London Gazette : 20 December 1940
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35020/supplement/7185/data.pdf
The names of the undermentioned have been brought to notice in recognition of distinguished services in connection with operations in the field.
March-June, 1940.
THE BUFFS (ROYAL EAST KENT REGIMENT).
Maj. D. P. IGGULDEN.

London Gazette : 4 August 1942
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35653/supplement/3404/data.pdf
The KING has been graciously pleased to confer " The Efficiency Decoration " upon the following Officers of the Territorial Army:—
INFANTRY.
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).
Maj. (a/Lt.-Col.) D. P. Iggulden (31888).

London Gazette : 1 January 1954
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40053/supplement/11/data.pdf
The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:—
To be Ordinary Commanders of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:—
Douglas Percy IGGULDEN, Esq., D.S.O., T.D., Deputy Chief Valuer, Board of Inland Revenue.

 

London Gazette : 20 December 1940
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35020/supplement/7174/data.pdf

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35020/supplement/7185/data.pdf

 

Recommendation for Award for Iggulden, Douglas Percy Rank: Major Regiment: ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 373/89/605
Name Iggulden, Douglas Percy
Rank: Major
Regiment: 4 Battalion East Kent Regiment
Theatre of Combat or Operation: B E F 1939-40
Award: Mention in Despatch
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 20 December 1940

Recommended for Military Cross
Awarded Mention

Major Douglas Percy IGGULDEN, 4th Bn. The Buffs
On June 8th 1940 Major D. P. IGGULDEN was ordered to get in touch with B Company who were carrying out a patrol in the direction of STERLING (4878). He was accompanied by three Volunteers:-
No. 6288521 Pte. WADE, C.
No. 6288461 Cpl. JARRETT, N.
No. 6288262 Pte. MARSH, A.

After proceeding some distance towards the German lines the patrol came under light automatic fire at close range but continued their advance, with Cpl. JARRETT in the rear. Shortly afterwards Major IGGULDEN looked back to see if all was well and saw five German soldiers about ?20 yards behind the patrol, with Cpl JARRETT held prisoner by them. Major IGGULDEN was called upon to surrender, but he and his two men opened fire and killed four of the five Germans: the remaining one got away; Cpl. JARRETT unfortunately killed. The patrol then withdrew under heavy fire from the enemy light automatic, each member of the patrol taking turns at drawing the enemy fire wile the remainder withdrew. The patrol eventually joined contact with B Coy.

In addition to this action, major IGGULDEN had shown a high degree of leadership and courage on other occasions during the fighting between June 6th and June 11th. He was acting as Liaison officer between Bn HQ and the forward companies, and was tireless and regardless of himself in keeping touch with the situation on a very broad front when other means of communication had failed.

Signed F. A. J. E. Marshall, Lt. Col. Comdg 4/Buffs.


N.B. Can't find any entry in CWGC database for No. 6288461 Cpl. JARRETT, N.

 

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

1. No. - 313888
RANK - LT-COL
SURNAME - IGGULDEN
CHRISTIAN NAMES - DOUGLAS PERCY
DECORATIONS - T.D.

2. UNIT (ARMY) - 4th Bn The Buffs

3. DIVISION (ARMY) -

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 4 MAY 1907

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - Territorial Commission March1928 - Embodied 24/8/39

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - Professional Civil Servant ?(P.A. S. A.A.1)?
2nd Class Valuer, Valuation Officer, Board of Inland Revenue

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - c/o Westminster Bank Ltd., Herne Bay, Kent

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - LEROS 17 Nov 1943

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? NO

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
STALAG VIIA MOOSBURG Dec '43 - 15 March '44
OFLAG VIIF MAHRISCH TRUBAU March '44 - May '44
OFLAG 79 BRUNSWICK May '44 - April '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
NO

12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
YES


GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. - 313888
RANK - LT. COL
SURNAME - IGGULDEN
CHRISTIAN NAMES - DOUGLAS PERCY


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).
YES. ROSS-ON-WYE OCTOBER 1940
( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom).
YES - AS ABOVE.

3. INTERROGATION after capture:
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).
YES - at ATHENS December 1943. Interrogator did his best to make me loose my temper by taunts. Interrogation lasted one hour but was given up when it was realised that I refused to speak.


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 coming under this title.)
NIL


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 23 April 1945
Signature Douglas P Iggulden, Lt. Col.

 

Typescript personal recollections of D P Iggulden | The National Archives
Reference: MSS 97/2/2/4
Title: Typescript personal recollections of D P Iggulden
Description: Typescript personal recollections of Douglas Percy Iggulden as a prisoner of war after his capture during World War II on the island of Leros, Greece at Oflag 79 camp, Waggum near Braunschweig, Germany. Mentions German propaganda newspaper the Camp, issued to prisoners of war which included anti-freemasonry articles and illustrations of President Roosevelt of the United States of America with masonic symbols; transfer to Oflag VIIIF at Marisch Trubau, Moravia and then transfer to Oflag 79; meeting with another freemason, Major Clifford Downing, who had organised a Lodge of Instruction - the Brunswick Society of Improvement; meetings in the camp chapel facilitated by Padre [Albert Swales] Hullah, a Methodist and freemason; meetings in the cellars used as air raid shelters; bombardment near the camp by allied forces at the end of the war; anti-freemasonry propaganda booklet found at a Hitler Youth Camp near the prisoner of war camp [later presented to Kent Museum of Freemasonry, Canterbury]. Paper read at East Kent Masters Lodge, NO. 3931, Lodge of Harmony, No. 133, United Industries Lodge, No. 31, Nottinghamshire Installed Masters Lodge, No. 3595, Foster Gough Lodge, No. 2706, Warwickshire Installed Masters Lodge, No. 4538 and Ethelbert Lodge, No. 2099.

Date: 1946
Held by: Museum of Freemasonry, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator: Iggulden, Douglas Percy, 1907-1977

Physical description: 11 folios
Subjects:

• Prisoners of war Freemasons
• Prisoners of war Freemasons British
• World War II
• World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain History
• Iggulden, Douglas Percy, 1907-1977 Biographical references
• Hullah, Albert Swales, 1885-1966 Biographical references

Administrative / biographical background:
Oflag 79 was established by the Germans as a World War II prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers in December 1943. Mainly British Commonwealth prisoners, men were transferred to the camp after the Battle of Crete and North African Campaign. The camp was located at Waggum near Braunschweig in Germany, also known by the English name of Brunswick. It was located in a three-story brick building that had previously been the home of a German parachute regiment, near the Hermann Göring aircraft engine factory. More prisoners arrived in July 1944 who were transferred from Oflag VIII-F. On 24 August 1944 the camp was hit by American and British aircraft, with the result that three English prisoners were killed and fourteen seriously wounded. The camp was liberated by the U.S. Ninth Army on 12 April 1945.

 

The Nov 43 Battle of Leros was a low point in the war. Four infantry battalions, without any air support, armour and just two antiquated field guns, were completely overwhelmed by German paratroopers over a period of four days.

Not the soldiers’ fault - the Brigade Commander’s plan was just barking mad and applied almost none of the Principles of Defence.

A great lesson in how not to do war.

Regards

Frank

 

I have noted before that unlike the ranks officers gave the address of their bank instead of their home address. I would like to know where this idea originated

Vitellino

 

Janet.

A lot of officers spent a lot of time abroad or posted every two years so their bank was the only real guarantee of stability.

Regards

Frank