2721435 Guardsman Eric Sidney Lewis MUNT, 1 Irish Guards: POW

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: MUNT, Erick Sidney Lewis
DOB: 23rd March 1915
Place of Birth: 23rd March 1915
Residence: as at 1945 - 37 Market Street, Watford, Herts
Trade: Gas fitter
Parents: possibly Ernest Frederick Munt and Violet Eleanor Latter; married 21 Dec 1911
Ashtead, St Giles
Wife: possibly Irene Farrell; married 1940 4th Quarter, Watford
Photo:
Died: 1998, 2nd Quarter, aged 83, Cleveland


SERVICE
Army/Personal Number: 2721435
Rank: Guardsman
Regiment/Battalion: Irish Guards, 1st Battalion
Enlisted: 27th July 1940
Discharged:
Promotions:
Aquittance Roll:
2721435 Guardsman MUNT E 1st Bn. 4 Coy. Irish Guards
Date of Payment 8 Feb 1944, 130 Local Currency
Missing 9 Feb1944

Army Casualty List (WO 417):
2721435 Guardsman MUNT E S L 1944 Irish Guards
2721435 Guardsman MUNT E S L 1944 Irish Guards
2721435 Guardsman MUNT E S L 1945 Irish Guards

The Times Casualty List:


PRISONER/MISSING
Prisoner of War Number: 279055
Date of Capture: 10th February 1944
Place of Capture: Nettuno, ITALY
Camp Details & Dates:
Stalag IVB Meuleburg, 20 Feb 1944 - 13 Mar 1944
Stalag IVA Dresden, 13 Mar 1944 - 8 May 1945
POW Liberation Report: see below
Missing Personnel File Details:
WO 361/784 - Missing 9 Feb1944

MEDALS
Campaign Medals: Italy Star
Medal Roll Details:


REFERENCES
War Diaries: War Diary: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS, September 1939 - July 1944
Archive Files: WO 417, WO 361/784
Publications:
Accounts:
Newspaper:
Websites:
Irish Guards: Prisoners of War - WWII Open Resource Group

 

Army Number: 2721435
Rank: Guardsman
Name: E MUNT
Unit: 4 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 8 February 1944, 130 Local Currency
Missing 9 February 1944

 

Irish Guards Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires

WO 344-229-2

PART I
General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War

1. No.: 2721435
Rank: Guardsman
Surname: MUNT
Christian Names: Eric Sidney Lewis
Decorations: Nil

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

4. Date of Birth: 23 Mar 1915
5. Date of Enlistment: 27 Jul 1940
6. Civilian Trade: Gas fitter
7. Private Address: 37 Market Street, Watford, Herts

8. Place of Capture: Nettuno, ITALY
Date of Capture: 10 Feb 1944

9. Were you Wounded when Captured: No

10. Main Camps or Hospitals in which imprisoned
Camp No. Location From & To
Stalag IVB Meuleburg 20 Feb 1944 - 13 Mar 1944
Stalag IVA Dresden 13 Mar 1944 - 8 May 1945

11. Were you in a Working Camp?
Location From & To Nature of Work
Omsewitz II
Dresden Left 13 Mar 1944 - 8 May 1945 Brick making

12. Did you suffer from any Serious Illnesses while a P/W?:
None
Nature of Illness Cause Duration
-

Did you receive adequate Medical Treatment?:
None


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?:
1st Battalion I.R.T.D., Phillipville, North Africa by Lieutenant AYRES
(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?:
No

4. Escapes attempted.
Did you make any attempted or party successful escapes?
No
(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?
(Give details, places and dates).
Poured oil on bricks when in oven, and stacked same in oven so that they were useless when finished at Omsewitz Dresden.

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?
No
(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?
No


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: 27 May 1945

 

Army Number: 2721435
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Eric Sidney Lewis MUNT
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
POW Number: 279055
Date of Capture: 10/02/1944
Place of Capture: Nettuno
Camp: Stalag IVA
TNA Reference: WO 344-229-2