2719252 Guardsman Robert CRAWFORD, 1 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 15 August 1939

Army Number: 2719252
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Robert CRAWFORD
Unit: 1 Company, 1 Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 20 Nov 1920
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Address as at 1945: 24 Malvern Street Belfast, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

Date of Capture: 28 February 1944
Place of Capture: Anzio, Italy

POW Number: 55251
POW Camps: Stalag VIIA, Stalag VA, Stalag 344, Stalag IIIA

 

Army Number: 2719252
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Robert CRAWFORD
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
POW Number: 55251
Date of Capture: 22/02/1944
Place of Capture: Anzio
Camp: Stalag 344

 

Army Number: 2719252
Rank: Guardsman
Name: R CRAWFORD
Unit: 1 Company, 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
TNA Reference: WO 361/784
Notes: Date of Payment 14 January 1944, 400 Local Currency ;
Date of Payment 8 February 1944, 74 Lire, Local Currency ;
Missing 22 February 1944

 

WO 344-76-2


PART I
General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War

1. No.: 2719252
Rank: Guardsman
Surname: CRAWFORD
Christian Names: Robert
Decorations: -
2. Unit (Army): IRISH GUARDS
3. Division (Army): -

4. Date of Birth: 20 Nov 1920
5. Date of Enlistment: 15 August 1939
6. Civilian Trade: Store Boy
7. Private Address: 24 Malvern Street Belfast, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

8. Place of Capture: Anzio, ITALY
Date of Capture: 28 Feb 1944

9. Were you Wounded when Captured: No

10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned
Camp No. Location From & To
Stalag 7A Moosburg April 1944 - May 1944
Stalag 5A Ludwigsburg May 1944 - Jun 1944
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Jul 1944 - Aug 1944
Stalag 3A Luckenwalde Aug 1944 - April 1944

11. Were you in a Working Camp?
Location From & To Nature of Work
Stalag IIIA Aug 1944 - Mar 1945 Farm work

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: Sunday, 27 May 1945

 

Name: Robert Crawford . Date of Birth: 20/11/1920 . Place of Birth: Belfast . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/81/488
Name: Robert Crawford.
Date of Birth: 20/11/1920.
Place of Birth: Belfast.
Service: British Army.
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
Service Number: 2719252.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VA Ludwigsberg.
PoW number: 55251.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]