2735546 Guardsman Idris ROGERS, 2 Welsh Guards: POW

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    Date of Enlistment: 16 January 1940
    Army Number: 2735546
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: Idris ROGERS
    Unit: 2 Welsh Guards

    Date of Birth: 26 December 1919
    Place of Birth: Wales

    Date of Capture:
    Place of Capture: Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

    POW Number: 7577
    POW Camps: Stalag XXA
     
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    Name: Idris Rogers . Date of Birth: 26/12/1919 . Place of Birth: Wales . Service:... | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 416/312/177
    Name: Idris Rogers.
    Date of Birth: 26/12/1919.
    Place of Birth: Wales.
    Service: British Army.
    Rank: Private.
    Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
    Service Number: 2735546.
    Date of Capture: [unspecified].
    Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
    Camp Name/Number: Stalag XX A, Thorn.
    PoW number: 7577.
    Date of Death: [unspecified].
    Number of Photographs: 0.
    Number of Fingerprints: 0.
    Number of X-rays: 0.
    Number of Cards: 1.
    Date: [1939-1945]
     
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    View Record Rogers Idris 26 Dec 1919 16 Jan 1940 Boulogne-sur-Mer
    via Ancestry

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

    1. No.
    2735546
    RANK - GUARDSMAN
    SURNAME - ROGERS
    CHRISTIAN NAMES - IDRIS
    DECORATIONS -

    2. UNIT (ARMY) -
    WELSH GUARDS

    3. DIVISION (ARMY) -

    4. DATE OF BIRTH -
    26/12/1919

    5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT -
    16/1/40

    6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION -
    LABOURER

    7. PRIVATE ADDRESS -
    3 PLEASANT HILL, FERNDALE, RHONDDA, GLAMORGAN, S. WALES

    8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE -
    BOULOGNE

    9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? -
    NO

    10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
    Camp No. / Location / From / Till

    XXA THORN, POLAND JULY 9/1940 - JULY 22/40
    Screenshot 2023-12-16 at 13.10.48.png

    11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
    Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work

    WIRSITZ 22/7/40 - 20/7/41 ROAD WORK
    GRAUDENZ 23/7/41 - 15/3/41 FARM
    LUSCHKUA 17/3/41 - 23/7/44 FARM

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    12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
    Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration

    -
    12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
    -


    GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

    1. No.
    2735546
    RANK - GUARDSMAN
    SURNAME - ROGERS
    CHRISTIAN NAMES - IDRIS


    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).

    -
    ( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom.
    -

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

    -

    4. ESCAPES attempted:
    Did yo 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. CAMP 4A LUSCHKUA.
    HAD KEY MADE.
    A DURHAM
    V. ALMY

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    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.)

    -

    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).

    -

    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?

    NIL


    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
    28 APRIL
    Signature I. Rogers
     
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