2718657 Lance Serjeant John MURPHY, 2 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: December 1936

Army Number: 2718657
Rank: Lance-Serjeant
Name: John MURPHY
Unit: 1 Irish Guards, 2 Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 25 October 1917
Place of Birth: Dublin

Date of Capture: May 1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

POW Number:
POW Camps: Stalag XXID, Stalag IIIA

 

Army Number: 2718657
Rank: Lance Corporal
Name: J MURPHY
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939
TNA Reference: WO 100/503

 

Army Number: 2718657
Rank: Lance-Serjeant
Name: John MURPHY
Unit: 2 Irish Guards
Theatre: France 1940
POW Number: 3420
Date of Capture: 05/1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne
Camp: Stalag IIIA

 

WO 344-229-2


PART I
General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War

1. No.: 2718657
Rank: Lance Serjeant
Surname: MURPHY
Christian Names: John
Decorations: -
2. Unit (Army): 2nd Battalion IRISH GUARDS
3. Division (Army): -

4. Date of Birth: 25 Oct 1917
5. Date of Enlistment: Dec 1936
6. Civilian Trade: Butcher
7. Private Address: 75 Marrowbone Lane, Dublin, EIRE

8. Place of Capture: Boulogne, FRANCE
Date of Capture: May 1940

9. Were you Wounded when Captured:
-

10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned
Camp No. Location From & To
-

11. Were you in a Working Camp?
Location From & To Nature of Work
Poland Jan 1940 - May 1944 Sand quarry
Stalag XXID - Odd jobs
Stalag IIIA Germany May 1944 - May 1945 Serjeant i/c Party

12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?:
-
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?:
Yes
(b) Were you lectured on escape and evasion?:
-

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

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?)
Y

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 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: 13 May 1945

 

Name: John Murphy . Date of Birth: 25/10/1917 . Place of Birth: Dublin . Service:... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/266/341
Name: John Murphy.
Date of Birth: 25/10/1917.
Place of Birth: Dublin.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Lance Sergeant.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: The Irish Guards.
Service Number: 27186571.
Date of Capture: 25/05/1940.
Theatre of Capture: Boulogne.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXIB Schubin.
PoW number: 3420.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 3.
Date: [1939-1945]