Date of Enlistment: 5 February 1940 Army Number: 2735681 Rank: Guardsman Name: Ralph SMITH Unit: 2 Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 13 December 1916 Place of Birth: Pontlottyn Date of Capture: 26 May 1940 Place of Capture: Boulogne-sur-Mer, France POW Number: 4864 POW Camps: Stalag XXIB, Stalag XXB
Name: Ralph Smith . Date of Birth: 13/12/1916 . Place of Birth: Pont Lottyn . ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 416/335/486 Name: Ralph Smith. Date of Birth: 13/12/1916. Place of Birth: Pont Lottyn. Service: British Army. Rank: Guardsman. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards. Service Number: [2735681]. Date of Capture: 24/05/1940. Theatre of Capture: Boulogne. Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXIB Schokken-Schubin. PoW number: 4864. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 0. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 1. Date: [1939-1945]
View Record via Ancestry PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 1. No. 2735681 RANK - GUARDSMAN SURNAME - SMITH CHRISTIAN NAMES - RALPH DECORATIONS - 2. UNIT (ARMY) - WELSH GUARDS 3. DIVISION (ARMY) - NOT KNOWN 4. DATE OF BIRTH - DEC. 13 1916 5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - FEB. 5th 1940 6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - HOSIERY TRIMMER 7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 35 GREENFIELD ST. PONTLOTTYN (BARGOED) 8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - BOULOGNE MAY 24th 1940 9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO 10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED Camp No. / Location / From / Till STALAG XXIB (SCHUBIN) POLAND JUNE 1940 - MAY 1941 STALAG XXB MARIENBURG JUNE 1941 - MAY 2nd 1945 11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP? Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work USCH POLAND AUGUST 1942 - MAY 1941 ROAD BUILDING CHRISTBURG JUNE 1941 - NOV. 1941 LAND WORK KRISSAU POLAND NOV. 1941 - JUNE 10 1942 ROAD WORK ZUCKAU POLAND 10/6/1942 - 17/2/45 LAND WORK 12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W? Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration NO 12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT? - GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET 1. No. 2735681 RANK - GDSMN SURNAME - SMITH CHRISTIAN NAMES - RALPH 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). NO ( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom. NO 3. INTERROGATION after capture: Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy). NO 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?) 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 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). NO 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? NO 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 4/5/45 Signature Ralph Smith
