Date of Enlistment: 28 June 1928 Army Number: 2732597 Rank: Lance-Corporal Name: Edward WALTON Unit: 2 Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 18 April 1910 Place of Birth: Dewsbury, Yorkshire POW Number: 7846 POW Camps: Stalag XXA, Stalag XXB, Stalag IIE Date of Capture: 24 May 1940 Place of Capture: Boulogne
Name: Edward Walton . Date of Birth: 18/04/1910 . Place of Birth: Dewsbury, Yorkshire... | The National Archives Reference: WO 416/378/277 Name: Edward Walton. Date of Birth: 18/04/1910. Place of Birth: Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Service: British Army. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards. Service Number: [2732597]. Date of Capture: [unspecified]. Theatre of Capture: [unspecified]. Camp Name/Number: [unspecified]. PoW number: 7846. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 0. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 5. Date: [1939-1945]
View Record via Ancestry PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 1. No. 2732597 RANK - L/CPL SURNAME - WALTON CHRISTIAN NAMES - EDWARD DECORATIONS - 2. UNIT (ARMY) - 2ND BATT. WELSH GUARDS 3. DIVISION (ARMY) - 51ST 4. DATE OF BIRTH - 18/4/1910 5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 28/6/28 6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - SHOP ASSISTANT 7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 111, MIDDLETON PK AVE., MIDDLETON, LEEDS, 10, YORKSHIRE 8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - BOULOGNE, 24/5/1940 9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO 10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED Camp No. / Location / From / Till STALAG XXA THORN, POLAND JUNE 1940 - APRIL 1941 STALAG XXB MARIENBURG, WEST PRUSSIA SEPT. 1941 - JAN. 1945 STALAG IIE WEST GERMANY MARCH 1945 - MAY 1945 11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP? Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work THORN, POLAND JUNE 1940 - APRIL 1941 ROAD WORK MARIENBURG, WEST PRUSSIA SEPT. 1941 - JAN. 1945 SUGAR FACTORY & MILK FACTORY WEST GERMANY MARCH 1945 - MAY 1945 CAMP COOK 12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W? Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration RUPTURE STRAIN OCT. 1943 - DEC. 1944 12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT? YES, OPERATION GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET 1. No. 2732597 RANK - L/CPL SURNAME - WALTON CHRISTIAN NAMES - EDWARD 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. H.M. TOWER OF LONDON ( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom. YES. H.M. TOWER OF LONDON 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?) NONE 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.) - 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? NONE 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 9/5/45 Signature E. Walton, L/Cpl