2717937 Serjeant Terence McNAMARA, 2 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 11 January 1934

Army Number: 2717937
Rank: Serjeant
Name: Terence McNAMARA
Unit: 2 Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 23 November 1915
Place of Birth: Athlone, Ireland
Address as of 9 May 1945: 15 Greenfield Street, Wassail Square, Swansea, South Wales

Date of Capture: 25 May 1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

POW Number: 19359
POW Camps: Stalag XXA Stalag XXB, Stalag IIIA

 

Army Number: 2717937
Rank: Serjeant
Name: P McNAMARA
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939
TNA Reference: WO 100/503

 

Army Number: 2717937
Rank: Serjeant
Name: Terence McNAMARA
Unit: 2 Irish Guards
Theatre: France 1940
POW Number: 19359
Date of Capture: 25/05/1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne
Camp: Stalag IIIA

 

Name: Terence McNamara . Date of Birth: 23/11/1915 . Place of Birth: Athlone, Ireland... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/241/295
Name: Terence McNamara.
Date of Birth: 23/11/1915.
Place of Birth: Athlone, Ireland.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Sergeant.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: 2 Battalion The Irish Guards.
Service Number: 2717937.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXA Thorn.
PoW number: 19359.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

WO 344-205-2


PART I
General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War

1. No.: 2717937
Rank: Sergeant
Surname: McNAMARA
Christian Names: Terence
Decorations: -

2. Unit (Army): 2nd Battalion IRISH GUARDS
3. Division (Army): -

4. Date of Birth: 23 Nov 1914
5. Date of Enlistment: 11 Jan 1934
6. Civilian Trade: -
7. Private Address: 15 Greenfield Street, Wassail Square, Swansea, South Wales

8. Place of Capture: FRANCE
Date of Capture: 25 May 1940

9. Were you Wounded when Captured: Yes

10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned
Camp No. Location From & To
XXA Thorn 6 months
XXB Marienburg 3 1/2 years
IIIA Luckenwalde 2 months

11. Were you in a Working Camp?
Location From & To Nature of Work
Wolfshagen June 1944 - April 1945 Farm

12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?:
No
Nature of Illness Cause Duration
-

Did you receive adequate Medical Treatment?:
-


PART II

2. Lectures before Capture
(State where, when and by whom)
(a) Were you lectured in your unit on how to behave in the event of capture?:
No
(b) Were you lectured on escape and evasion?:
No

3. Interrogation after Capture
(State where, when and methods employed by enemy)
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy?:
No

4. Escapes attempted.
Did you make any attempted or party successful escapes?
No
(Give details of each attempt separately, stating where, when, method employed, names of your companions, where and when captured and by whom. Were you physically fit? What happened to our companions?)
-

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?
No
(Give details, places and dates).
-

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 against other Allied PoWS?
No
(Give details, names of person(s) concerned, camp(s), dates and nature of collaboration or help given to enemy).
-

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.
-

8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice?
No


SECURITY UNDERTAKING.
I fully realised that all information relating to 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 of Signature: 9 May 1945