2733566 Serjeant-Major Francis Frederick Henry VONK, 2 Welsh Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment:
Army Number: 2733566
Rank: Serjeant Major
Name: Francis Frederick Henry VONK
Unit: 2 Welsh Guards

Date of Birth: 13 December 1909
Place of Birth: Swansea

Date of Capture: 24 May 1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

POW Number: 4851
POW Camps: Stalag XXIB, Stalag 344

Date of Death: November 1985
Place of Death: Kingston-Upon-Thames

 

Name: Francis [F H] Vonk . Date of Birth: 13/12/1909 . Place of Birth: Swansea . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/374/85
Name: Francis [F H] Vonk.
Date of Birth: 13/12/1909.
Place of Birth: Swansea.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Sergeant Major.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
Service Number: [2733566].
Date of Capture: 24/05/1940.
Theatre of Capture: Boulogne.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXIB Schubin.
PoW number: 4851.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.

 

From 2734223 Lance Serjeant William Eric EVANS, 1 Welsh Guards: 18/04/1942
Sgt. F Vonk's Squad, Welsh Guards, June 1937

Seated centre front row

 

Francis Frederick Henry VONK
13th December 1909 Swansea - November 1985 Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey aged 75

 

The trained soldier in the middle of the back row is “head and shoulders” above the men either side of him. Very tall chap.

Steve