2735229 Guardsman William Alfred COLLEDGE, 2 Welsh Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 15 December 1939
Army Number: 2735229
Rank: Guardsman
Name: William Alfred COLLEDGE
Unit: Welsh Guards

Date of Birth: 11 June 1919
Place of Birth: Shotton, Flintshire

Date of Capture: 25 May 1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

POW Number: 11568
POW Camps: Stalag XXA, Stalag XXB

 

Name: William Colledge . Date of Birth: 11/6/1919 . Place of Birth: Shotton,... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/72/232
Name: William Colledge.
Date of Birth: 11/6/1919.
Place of Birth: Shotton, Flintshire.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards, 2 Company.
Service Number: 2735229.
Date of Capture: 25 May 1940.
Theatre of Capture: Boulogne.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXA Thorn.
PoW number: 11568.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.

 

WO 344-68-2

PART I
General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War

1. No.: 2735229
Rank: Guardsman
Surname: COLLEDGE
Christian Names: William Alfred
Decorations: Nil

2. Unit (Army): 2nd Battalion WELSH GUARDS
3. Division (Army): Brigade of Guards

4. Date of Birth: 11 June 1919
5. Date of Enlistment: 15 December 1939
6. Civilian Trade: Railway Checker
7. Private Address: 28 Bridge Street, Shotton, near Chester, Flintshire, N. Wales

8. Place of Capture: Boulogne
Date of Capture: 25 May 1940

9. Were you Wounded when Captured: No

10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned
Camp No. Location From & To
Stalag XXA Thorn 7 June 1940 - 18 April 1941
Stalag XXB Marienburg 18 April 1941 - 2 July 1941

11. Were you in a Working Camp?
Location From & To Nature of Work
Danzig 2 July 1941 - 21 March 1942 Railway
Kielaw 21 March 1942 - 7 April 1944 Railway
Rakmel 7 April 1944 - 18 February 1945 Railway

12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?:
Nil
Nature of Illness Cause Duration
-

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?:
Nil
(b) Were you lectured on escape and evasion?:
Nil

3. Interrogation after Capture
(State where, when and methods employed by enemy)
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy?:
Nil

4. Escapes attempted.
Did you make any attempted or party successful escapes?
(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?)
Nil

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).
Nil

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?
(Give details, names of person(s) concerned, camp(s), dates and nature of collaboration or help given to enemy).
Nil

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?
Nil

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: 8 May 1945

 

See also:

• German Wireless Propaganda in English: An Analysis of the Organisation, Content and Effectiveness of National Socialist Radio Broadcasts for the UK, 1939-1945, M.A. Doherty
• https://kar.kent.ac.uk/85988/1/DX202804_1.pdf