Army Number: 2735245 Rank: Guardsman Name: John ABBOTT Unit: 2 Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 16 Aug 1919 Place of Birth: Cardiff Date of Enlistment: 15 Dec 1939 POW Number: 1509 Date of Capture: 17 Jun 1940 Place of Capture: Le Crotoy France
Name: John Abbott . Date of Birth: 16 August 1919 . Place of Birth: Cardiff . ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 416/1/68 Name: John Abbott. Date of Birth: 16 August 1919. Place of Birth: Cardiff. Service: British Army. Rank: [Guardsman]. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Welsh Guards]. Service Number: 2735245. Date of Capture: [unspecified]. Theatre of Capture: [unspecified]. Camp Name/Number: Stalag IXC Bad Sulza. PoW number: 1509. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 0. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 2. Date: [1939-1945]
WO 344-1-1 General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War PART I 1. No.: 2735245 Rank: Guardsman Surname: ABBOTT Christian Names: John Decorations: None 2. Unit (Army): 2nd WELSH GUARDS 3. Division (Army): Not Known 4. Date of Birth: 16 August 1919 5. Date of Enlistment: 15 December 1939 6. Civilian Trade: Cinema Attendant 7. Private Address: 61 Aldsworth Road, Canton, Cardiff, South Wales 8. Place of Capture: Le Croytoy, France Date of Capture: 17 June 1940 9. Were you Wounded when Captured: No 10. Main Camps or Hospitals Camp No. Location From & To Stalag IXC Bad Sulza (Thuringer) July 1940 - April 1945 11. Were you in a Working Camp? Location From & To Nature of Work Sheibe Alsback July 1940 - October 1940 Dam Building Freinorla October 1940 - September 1941 Pick and Shovel Sommerda September 1941 - October 1943 Pick and Shovel - October 1943 - April 1945 Shoe Factory 12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?: No Nature of Illness Cause Duration Did you receive adequate Medical Treatment?: 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 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? (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?) No 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 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). - 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. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice? No Date of Signature: 16 May 1945
See also: 2733097 Lance-Serjeant Augustine Thomas PENNINGTON, 2 Welsh Guards: POW - Escape companion, unsuccessful evasion attempt
