2733097 Lance-Serjeant Augustine Thomas PENNINGTON, 2 Welsh Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 13 August 1930
Army Number: 2733097
Rank: Lance-Serjeant
Name: Augustine Thomas PENNINGTON
Unit: 3 Welsh Guards, 3 Company

Date of Birth: 12 July 1912
Place of Birth: Cardiff

Date of Capture: 7 June 1940
Place of Capture: Le Crotoy, France

POW Number: 1805
POW Camps: Oflag 3c, Stalag IXC, Stalag 383

 

Name: August T Pennington . Date of Birth: 04/07/1912 . Place of Birth: Cardiff . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/287/21
Name: August T Pennington.
Date of Birth: 04/07/1912.
Place of Birth: Cardiff.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Sergeant.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
Service Number: 2033091 (2733097)
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag IXC Bad Sulza.
PoW number: 1805.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.

 

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PART I.
GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.

1. No. 2733097
RANK - L/SGT
SURNAME - PENNINGTON
CHRISTIAN NAMES - AUGUSTINE THOMAS
DECORATIONS -

2. UNIT (ARMY) - 2nd Bn WELSH GUARDS

3. DIVISION (ARMY) - 20th GUARDS BDE.

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 12 JULY 1912

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 13 AUG. 1930

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - POLICE CONSTABLE

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 10 TURBERVILLE PLACE, CARDIFF

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - LE CROTOY, FRANCE, 7 JUNE '40

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
[STALAG] IX C BAD SULZA 12 JUL.'40 - 30 SEP. '42
[STALAG] 383 HOHENFELS, BAVARIA 30 SEP. '42 - 25 APR. '45

11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
EISENACH 12/7/40 - 30/9/41 REICH AUTOBAHN CONSTR.
PÖTHEN 30/9/41 - 1/8/42 SALT MINING

12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration
NO
12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
NO


GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. 2733097
RANK - L/SGT.
SURNAME - PENNINGTON
CHRISTIAN NAMES - AUGUSTINE THOMAS


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).
YES - AT CAMBERLE, ENGLAND, SPRING 194 BY CAPT. CARTER, 3 COY, WELSH GDS.
( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom.
NO


3. INTERROGATION after capture:
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).
YES - AT ABBEVILLE, FRANCE, 17/6/40 BY INTERPTR. BEFORE GM. OFFICERS. AND AT MONTREUIL FRANCE 17/6/40 BY ENG. SPEAKING GM. OFFICER BY "DEFEATISM" GENERALLY.


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?)
ESCAPED FROM BOULOGNE 25/5/40 WITH 3 GDSM., 2 OF WHOM REACHED ENG. VIA GIBRALTAR. GDSM. J. ABBOT & MYSELF WERE SUB. RE-CAPT. AT LE CROTOY 17/6/40,
ABBOT HAVING BULLET WOUND IN FOREARM (at liberty 3 weeks)


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.)
NUMEROUS PETTY SAB. ACTS ON REICHAUTOBAHN - DESTROYING TOOLS, SANDING CEMENT, ETC. JUL. 40 - SEP. 41.
OBSTRUCTING HAULAGE SYSTEM IN SALT MINE SEPT. 41 - AUG. 42.


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).
NO

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?
NO


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 29 APR. 1945
Signature A. T. Pennington, L/Sgt.

 

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