2718617 Guardsman James CASEY, 1 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 10 October 1936

Army Number: 2718617
Rank: Guardsman
Name: James CASEY
Unit: 1 Company, 1 Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 9 September 1917
Place of Birth: Roscommon
Address as at 12 May 1945: Ardnanagh, Roscommon, Eire

Date of Capture: 22 February 1944
Place of Capture: Italy

POW Number: 130416
POW Camps: Stalag VIIA, Oflag VIIB

 

Army Number: 2718617
Rank: Guardsman
Name: J CASEY
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939
TNA Reference: WO 100/503

 

Army Number: 2718617
Rank: Guardsman
Name: J CASEY
Unit: 1 Company, 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
TNA Reference: WO 361/784
Notes: Date of Payment 14 January 1944, 400 Local Currency ;
Date of Payment 8 February 1944, 74 Lire, Local Currency ;
Missing 22 February 1944

 

WO 344-57-1


PART I
General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War

1. No.: 2718617
Rank: Guardsman
Surname: CASEY
Christian Names: James
Decorations: Africa Star

2. Unit (Army): 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS
3. Division (Army): -

4. Date of Birth: 9 September 1917
5. Date of Enlistment: 10 October 1936
6. Civilian Trade: Nil
7. Private Address: Ardnanagh, Roscommon, Eire

8. Place of Capture: Italy
Date of Capture: 22 February 1944

9. Were you Wounded when Captured: No

10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned
Camp No. Location From & To
Stalag VIIA Moosburg June 1944 - September 1944
Oflag VII Eistadt September 1944 - April 1945

11. Were you in a Working Camp?
No
Location From & To Nature of Work
-

12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?:
No
Nature of Illness Cause Duration
-

Did you receive adequate Medical Treatment?:
-


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?:
I had no lectures
(b) Were you lectured on escape and evasion?:
No

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

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?)

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?
No
(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 against other Allied PoWS?
-
(Give details, names of person(s) concerned, camp(s), 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.
-

8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice?
-


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: 12 May 1945

 

Army Number: 2718617
Rank: Guardsman
Name: James CASEY
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre:
POW Number: 130416
Date of Capture: 22/02/1944
Place of Capture:
Camp: Oflag VIIB

 

Name: James Casey . Date of Birth: 09/09/1917 . Place of Birth: Roscommon . Service:... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/60/22
Name: James Casey.
Date of Birth: 09/09/1917.
Place of Birth: Roscommon.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [irish Guards].
Service Number: 2718617.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIA Moosburg.
PoW number: 130146 [130416].
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]