2734391 Guardsman William Thomas JONES, 1 Welsh Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 17 January 1938
Army Number: 2734391
Rank: Guardsman
Name: William Thomas JONES
Unit: 1 Welsh Guards

Date of Birth: 19 November 1919
Place of Birth:

Date of Capture: 4 August 1944
Place of Capture: Normandy, France

POW Number: 70736
POW Camps: Stalag XIID Stalag IVB, Stalag IVA

 

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PART I.
GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.

1. No. 2734391
RANK - Guardsman
SURNAME - Jones
CHRISTIAN NAMES - William Thomas
DECORATIONS -

2. UNIT (ARMY) - 1st Bn. Welsh Guards

3. DIVISION (ARMY) - Guards Armoured Division

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 19/11/1919

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 17/1/1938

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - Miner

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - School House, Water St., Gwaun Cae Gurwen, Nr. Ammanford, South Wales

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - 4th Aug. 1944 Normandy

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - No

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
12D / ? / Aug. - Sept [1944]
4B / ? / Sept - Oct. [1944]
4A / ? / Oct. [1944] - May [1945]


11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
Löbau / Oct - May / General Labour


12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration
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12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
No


GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. 2734391
RANK - Gdsn
SURNAME - Jones
CHRISTIAN NAMES - William Thomas


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 my Company Commander before the Second front
( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom.
Yes. The same time as ( a ).

3. INTERROGATION after capture:
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).
Yes in a transit Camp about 50 miles behind the German lines. I was put in a Isolation cell for 48 hrs, then question ed by a German officer.


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?)
Yes. I escaped twice in France, first period 32 hrs, second period 72 hrs, ... ...


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.)
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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).
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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?
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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 16/5/1945
Signature Jones W.T.