Date of Enlistment: 23 Jun 1930 Army Number: 802724 Rank: Corporal Name: Cyril John WHITING Unit: 2 Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 29 Mar 1912 Place of Birth: Ebbw Vale POW Number: 10192 POW Camps: Stalag XXA, Stalag XXB, Stalag 383, Stalag VIIA Date of Capture: 25 May 1940 Place of Capture: Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Army Number Block Allocations Royal Artillery (Field, Coastal & Anti-Aircraft) 721001 - 1842000
Name: Cyril John Whiting . Date of Birth: 29/03/1912 . Place of Birth: Ebbw Vale . ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 416/389/302 Name: Cyril John Whiting. Date of Birth: 29/03/1912. Place of Birth: Ebbw Vale. Service: British Army. Rank: [Lance Corporal]. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards. Service Number: 802724. Date of Capture: [unspecified]. Theatre of Capture: [unspecified]. Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXA Thorn. PoW number: 10192. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 0. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 2. Date: [1939-1945]
View Record via Ancestry PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 1. No. 802724 RANK - Corporal SURNAME - WHITING CHRISTIAN NAMES - CYRIL JOHN DECORATIONS - Nil 2. UNIT (ARMY) - 2nd Bn Welsh Guards 3. DIVISION (ARMY) - ? Brigade 4. DATE OF BIRTH - 29/3/12 5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 23/6/30 6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - Commercial Traveller 7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 44 NORMAN ROAD, WREXHAM, DENBIGHSHIRE 8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - BOULOGNE, FRANCE 25/5/40 9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO 10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED Camp No. / Location / From / Till STALAG XXA THORN POLAND JUNE 1940 - DEC 1940 STALAG XXB MARIENBURG W PRUSSIA DEC 1940 - JUNE 1943 STALAG 383 HOHENFELS BAVARIA JUNE 1943 - APRIL 1945 STALAG 7A MOOSBURG BAVARIA APRIL 1945 - MAY 1945 11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP? YES Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work THORN JUNE 10 1940 - DEC 1940 LABOURER MARIENBURG DEC 1940 - FEB 1943 FARM WORKER 12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W? Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration NO except the following Haemorrhoids / Malnutrition / Periods 12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT? Yes in camp, but not when forced to march by the detaining Power. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET 1. No. 802724 RANK - Cpl SURNAME - WHITING CHRISTIAN NAMES - CYRIL JOHN 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). England 1939. The C.O. 2nd Welsh Guards ( 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). 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?) - 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.) Please see Form Q GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET (continued) 8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice? The Detaining Power issued booklets to German Camp Commandants illustrating various methods of communications learned during the last war 1914-18 ( i.e. messages in books, cigarette packets etc) but to the best of my observations private gramophone records were never investigated. I submit this observation for future reference. I.R.C.S. & Y.M.C.A. records are not included in this observation. 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 11/5/45C Signature Cyril J Whiting Cpl 802724 Welsh Guards Records Office