2722673 Guardsman Harold George BEARMAN, 1 Irish Guards: PoW

Date of Enlistment: 26 September 1940

Army Number: 2722673
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Harold George BEARMAN
Unit: 1 Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 16 February 1911
Place of Birth:
Residence as at 02 May 1945: Holyfield Grange, Coggeshall, Essex, England

Date of Capture: 3 February 1944
Place of Capture: Anzio, Italy

POW Number: 142734
POW Camps: Stalag VIIA, Stalag XIA

 

Army Number: 2722673
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Harold George BEARMAN
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre:
POW Number: 142734
Date of Capture: 03/02/1944
Place of Capture:
Camp: Stalag XIA

 

Army Number: 2722673
Rank: Guardsman
Name: H BEARMAN
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
TNA Reference: WO 361/784
Notes: Missing 4 Feb 1944

 

Army Number: 2722673
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Harold George BEARMAN
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre:
POW Number: 142734
Date of Capture: 03/02/1944
Place of Capture:
Camp: Stalag XIA

 

Name: Harold George Bearman . Date of Birth: 16 December 1911 . Place of Birth: Earls... | The National Archives

Reference: WO 416/23/261
Description:
Name: Harold George Bearman.
Date of Birth: 16 December 1911.
Place of Birth: Earls Colne.
Service: British Army.
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
Service Number: [2722673].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XIA Altengrabow.
PoW number: 142734.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

TNA Reference: WO 344-21-1







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

1. No. 2722673
RANK - GUARDSMAN
SURNAME - BEARMAN
CHRISTIAN NAMES - HAROLD GEORGE
DECORATIONS -

2. UNIT (ARMY) - 1st Bn. IRISH GUARDS

3. DIVISION (ARMY) - 1st DIVISION

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 16 FEB. 1911

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 26 SEPT. 1940

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - GARDENER

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - HOLFIELD GRANGE, COGGESHALL, ESSEX, ENGLAND

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - ANZIO, ITALY. 3/2/1944

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
[STALAG] VII A / MOOSBURG / 8/3/44 - 24/3/44
[STALAG] XI A / ALTENGRABOW / 26/3/44 - 14/6/44

11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
GERWISH / 14/6/44 - 12/4/15 / CEMENT FACTORY

12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration
PNEUMONIA / / 28/3/44 - 16/4/44

12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
YES


GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. 2722673
RANK - GUARDSMAN
SURNAME - BEARMAN
CHRISTIAN NAMES - HAROLD GEORGE


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.
AYR. SCOTLAND. 1/2/43. CAPTAIN FITZGERALD, O/C SUPT. COY, 1ST BN. IRISH GUARDS
( 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).
NO

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?
NIL


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 2/5/45
Signature H G Bearman

 

See also:

• 127211 Captain Hugh Temple TATE, Royal Army Medical Corps: POW - mentioned in PART II, Question 8, last page of questionnaire.