2734007 Guardsman Reginald Leslie Robert TRUMP, 1 Welsh Guards: POW

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    Date of Enlistment: 22 May 1935
    Army Number: 2734007
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: Reginald Leslie Robert TRUMP
    Unit: 1 Welsh Guards

    Date of Birth: 21 Apr 1912
    Place of Birth: Shepton Mallet

    Date of Capture: 30 May 1940
    Place of Capture: West Capelle

    POW Number: 10158
    POW Camps: Stalag 344, Stalag XIIID
     
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    Name: Reginald Leslie Robert Trump . Date of Birth: 21/04/1912 . Place of Birth:... | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 416/367/69
    Name: Reginald Leslie Robert Trump.
    Date of Birth: 21/04/1912.
    Place of Birth: Shepton Mallet.
    Service: British Army.
    Rank: Guardsman.
    Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
    Service Number: 274007. [sic]
    Date of Capture: 20/05/1940.
    Theatre of Capture: West Cappel.
    Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf.
    PoW number: 10158.
    Date of Death: [unspecified].
    Number of Photographs: 1.
    Number of Fingerprints: 1.
    Number of X-rays: 0.
    Number of Cards: 2.
    Date: [1939-1945]
     
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    PART I.
    GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.

    1. No.
    2734007
    RANK - Guardsman
    SURNAME - Trump
    CHRISTIAN NAMES - Reginald Leslie Robert
    DECORATIONS -

    2. UNIT (ARMY) -
    1st Batt. Welsh Guards

    3. DIVISION (ARMY) -

    4. DATE OF BIRTH -
    21/4/1912

    5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT -
    25/5/35; out 30/4/39 ; in 26/8/39

    6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION -
    Game keeper

    7. PRIVATE ADDRESS -
    Volis, Kingston, Taunton, Somerset

    8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE -
    West Capelle 20/5/40

    9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? -
    No

    10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
    Camp No. / Location / From / Till

    Stalag 344 Lamsdorf 1940 - 21/1/45
    Stalag 13D Nürnberg 1945 - 20/4/45

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    11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
    Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work

    Blechhammer E3 26/6/1940 - 29/5/44 Factory building
    E769 Reigersfeld 29/5/44 - 21/1/45 -
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    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?
    Yes


    GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

    1. No.
    2734007
    RANK - Gdsm
    SURNAME - Trump
    CHRISTIAN NAMES - Reginald Leslie Robert


    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).

    Major ASHTON, Company Commander
    ( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom.
    Section Commander

    3. INTERROGATION after capture:
    Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).

    Normal interrogation

    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.)

    While working in BLECHHAMMER, putting stones in the working parts of the Machinery.

    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).

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    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
    11/5/45
    Signature R. Trump
     
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