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

Date of Enlistment: 27 July 1940
Army Number: 2721435
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Eric Sidney Lewis MUNT
Unit: 1 Irish Guards, 4 Company


Date of Birth: 23 March 1915
Place of Birth: Watford
Residence: 37 Market Street, Watford, Herts, as at 1945

Date declared Missing: 9 February 1944
Date of Capture: 10 February 1944
Place of Capture: Nettuno, Italy

POW Number: 279055
POW Camps: Stalag IVB, Stalag IVA


Date of Death: 1998
Place of Death: Cleveland

 

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

 

Name: Eric Munt . Date of Birth: 23/03/1915 . Place of Birth: Watford . Service:... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/266/116
Name: Eric Munt.
Date of Birth: 23/03/1915.
Place of Birth: Watford.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Guardsman.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [The Irish Guards].
Service Number: [2721435].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag IVB Muhlberg.
PoW number: 279055.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.

 

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

 

TNA Reference: WO 344-229-2