Date of Enlistment: 7 January 1931 Army Number: 2733211 Rank: Serjeant Name: John Henry AMOS Unit: Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 23 September 1912 Place of Birth: Shotten POW Number: 9605 Date of Capture: 18 May 1940 Place of Capture: Boulogne, France
Name: John Henry Amos . Date of Birth: 23 September 1912 . Place of Birth: Shotten .... | The National Archives Reference: WO 416/6/303 Name: John Henry Amos. Date of Birth: 23 September 1912. Place of Birth: Shotten. Service: British Army. Rank: Sergeant. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welch Guards. Service Number: 2733211. Date of Capture: 18 May 1940. Theatre of Capture: Boulogne. Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXA Thorn. PoW number: 9605. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 0. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 1. Date: [1939-1945]
View Record via Ancestry PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 1. No. 2733211 RANK - SERGEANT SURNAME - AMOS CHRISTIAN NAMES - JOHN HENRY DECORATIONS - 2. UNIT (ARMY) - 2ND BN. WELSH GUARDS 3. DIVISION (ARMY) - 4. DATE OF BIRTH - 23/9/1912 5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 7/1/1931 6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - POLICE CONSTABLE 7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 29 GIBBS ROAD, NEWPORT, MON. 8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - BOULOGNE, FRANCE, 1940 9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO 10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED Camp No. / Location / From / Till FORT 13 (XXA) THORN, POLAND 15 JUNE 1940 - JULY 1940 CAMP 13A (XXA) THORN, POLAND FEB. 1941 - MARCH 1941 STALAG XXB WILLENBURG, W. PRUSSIA OCT 1941 - JAN 1945 STALAG XXB - JAN 1945 - APRIL 1945 11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP? Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work BROMBERG JULY 1940 - FEB 1941 SAND PIT WORK ?AKEL MARCH 1941 - OCT 1941 ROAD WORK DEUTSCH DAMEROW APRIL 1943 - JAN 1945 FARM WORK 12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W? Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration NO 12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT? FAIR GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET 1. No. 2733211 RANK - SERGEANT SURNAME - AMOS CHRISTIAN NAMES - JOHN HENRY 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, BY COMPANY COMMANDER MAJOR JONES MORTIMER, 2ND BN WELSH 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? NO 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 John H. Amos
