2733990 Guardsman John Gregory CLARKE, 1 Welsh Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 12 April 1935
Army Number: 2733990
Rank: Guardsman
Name: John Gregory CLARKE
Unit: 1 Welsh Guards

Date of Birth: 17 December 1915
Place of Birth: Swindon, Wiltshire

Date of Capture: 31 May 1940
Place of Capture: Cassel, France

POW Number: 10050
POW Camps: Stalag VIIA, Stalag VIIIB, Stalag 344

 

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Reference: WO 416/68/83
Name: John Gregory Clarke.
Date of Birth: 17/12/1915.
Place of Birth: Swindon, Wiltshire.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Guardsman.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
Service Number: 2733990.
Date of Capture: 31 May 1940.
Theatre of Capture: Cassel, France.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf.
PoW number: 10050.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 1.
Number of Fingerprints: 1.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.

 

WO 344-64-2


PART I
General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War

1. No.: 2733990
Rank: Guardsman
Surname: CLARKE
Christian Names: John Gregory
Decorations: 1939 - 1943 Star

2. Unit (Army): 1st Battalion WELSH GUARDS
3. Division (Army): -

4. Date of Birth: 17 December 1915
5. Date of Enlistment: 12 April 1935
6. Civilian Trade: None
7. Private Address: 8 Liscombe Street, Newport, Mon., South Wales

8. Place of Capture: France
Date of Capture: 31 May 1940

9. Were you Wounded when Captured: None

10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned
Camp No. Location From & To
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf 18 June 1940 - 20 January 1943
Stalag 8B Teschen 20 January 1943 - 28 April 1945
Stalag 7A Moosburg 28 April 1945 - 29 April 1945

11. Were you in a Working Camp?
Location From & To Nature of Work
Redback 20 June 1940 - 10 September 1942 Railway
Bensburg April 1941 - May 1944 Coal mine
Tichaw June 1944 - January 1945 Paper Factory

12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?:
Nature of Illness Cause Duration
Gastric enteritis Stomach 1944 - 195

Did you receive adequate Medical Treatment?:
Yes


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?:
No
(b) Were you lectured on escape and evasion?:
No

3. Interrogation after Capture
(State where, when and methods employed by enemy)
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy?:
No

4. Escapes attempted.
Did you make any attempted or party successful escapes?
No
(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?
No
(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?
No
(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?
No

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: 12 May 1945