2732761 Lance-Corporal Herbert COOPER, 2 Welsh Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 10 August 1928
Army Number: 2732761
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Name: Herbert COOPER
Unit: 2 Welsh Guards

Date of Birth: 19/12/1906
Place of Birth: Gloucestershire

Date of Capture: 26 May 1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

POW Number: 1494
POW Camps: Stalag XXIB, Stalag XXB,

 

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Reference: WO 416/76/349
Name: Herbert Cooper.
Date of Birth: 19/12/1906.
Place of Birth: Gloucestershire.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Lance Corporal.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
Service Number: 2732761.
Date of Capture: 26 May 1940.
Theatre of Capture: Boulogne.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXIB Schubin.
PoW number: 1494.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 1.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 3.

 

WO 344-72-1

PART I
General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War

1. No.: 2732761
Rank: Lance Corporal
Surname: COOPER
Christian Names: Herbert
Decorations: -

2. Unit (Army): WELSH GUARDS
3. Division (Army):
4. Date of Birth: 19 December 1906
5. Date of Enlistment: 10 August 1928
6. Civilian Trade: Post Office
7. Private Address: 20 Sutherland Street, Victoria, London, SW1

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

9. Were you Wounded when Captured:
No

10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned
Camp No. Location From & To
Stalag 21B Poland June 1940 - June 1941
Stalag 20B East Prussia June 1941 - January 1945

11. Were you in a Working Camp?
Location From & To Nature of Work
East Prussia June 1941 - September 1942 Farm Work
Poland December 1942 - January 1945 Saw Works

12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?:
-
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?:
-
(b) Were you lectured on escape and evasion?:
-

3. Interrogation after Capture
(State where, when and methods employed by enemy)
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy?:
-

4. Escapes attempted.
Did you make any attempted or party successful escapes?
-
(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?
-
(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?
-
(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?
-

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: 11 May 1945