Date of Enlistment: 18 May 1923 Army Number: 2731556 Rank: Company Serjeant Major Name: Tudor REES Unit: Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 17 July 1905 Place of Birth: Tycroes, Wales Date of Capture: 24 May 1940 Place of Capture: Boulogne-sur-Mer, France POW Number: 10491 POW Camps: Stalag XXA, Stalag 357
Name: Tudor Rees . Date of Birth: 17/07/1904 . Place of Birth: Tycroes, Wales . ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 416/302/279 Name: Tudor Rees. Date of Birth: 17/07/1904. Place of Birth: Tycroes, Wales. Service: British Army. Rank: [Company Sergeant Major]. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards. Service Number: 2731556. Date of Capture: 24/05/1940. Theatre of Capture: Boulogne. Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXA Thorn. PoW number: 10491. 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. 2731556 RANK - C.S.M. SURNAME - REES CHRISTIAN NAMES - TUDOR DECORATIONS - 2. UNIT (ARMY) - WELSH GUARDS 3. DIVISION (ARMY) - 4. DATE OF BIRTH - 17/7/05 5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 18/5/23 6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - MINER 7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 23, FARNINGHAM ROAD, CATERHAM, SURREY. 8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - BOULOGNE. 24/5/40 9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - 10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED Camp No. / Location / From / Till STALAG 20A THORN 10/6/40 - 18/5/44 STALAG 357 THORN 18/5/44 - 11/8/44 STALAG 357 FALLINGBOSTEL 13/8/44 - 7/4/45 11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP? Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work - 12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W? Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration - 12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT? - GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET 1. No. 2731556 RANK - C.S.M. SURNAME - REES CHRISTIAN NAMES - TUDOR 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). - ( 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). - 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.) GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET (continued) 8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice? - 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 May 45 Signature T Rees, CSM