Date of Enlistment: 15 May 1933 Army Number: 2733621 Rank: Guardsman Name: Stanley Richard EDWARDS Unit: 1 Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 4 August 1912 Place of Birth: Date of Capture: 29 May 1940 Place of Capture: Cassel, France POW Number: 10704 POW Camps: Stalag XXA, Stalag XXB
View Record via Ancestry PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 1. No. 2733621 RANK - GDSM SURNAME - EDWARDS CHRISTIAN NAMES - STANLEY RICHARD DECORATIONS - 2. UNIT (ARMY) - 1st BN WELSH GUARDS 3. DIVISION (ARMY) - G.H.Q. 4. DATE OF BIRTH - AUGUST 4th 1912 5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - MAY 15th 1933 6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - GROUNDSMAN 7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - BACHAETHLON, SARN, Nr NEWTOWN, MONT.-SHIRE 8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - CASSEL MAY 29th 1940 9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO 10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED Camp No. / Location / From / Till STALAG XX A THORN JUNE 12th - JULY 28th STALAG XX B MARIENBURG 12/3/43 - 23/1/45 11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP? Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work STUHM 8/3/40 - 2/4/42 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? - GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET 1. No. 2733621 RANK - GDSM SURNAME - EDWARDS CHRISTIAN NAMES - STANLEY RICHARD 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 ( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom. YES 3. INTERROGATION after capture: Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy). NO 4. ESCAPES attempted: Did you 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.) 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 MAY 3rd 1945 Signature S. Edwards