2734830 Guardsman William James RODEN, 2 Welsh Guards: POW

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    Date of Enlistment: 15 July 1939
    Army Number: 2734830
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: William James RODEN
    Unit: 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards

    Date of Birth: 1 November 1920
    Place of Birth: Stoke on Trent

    Date of Capture: 1940
    Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

    POW Number: 6119
    POW Camps: Stalag VIIIA, Stalag VIIIB, Stalag 344
     
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    Name: William James Roden . Date of Birth: 01/11/1919 . Place of Birth: Stoke on... | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 416/311/394
    Name: William James Roden.
    Date of Birth: 01/11/1919.
    Place of Birth: Stoke on Trent.
    Service: British Army.
    Rank: Guardsman.
    Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
    Service Number: 2734830.
    Date of Capture: 08/08/1940.
    Theatre of Capture: Boulogne.
    Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIIA Gorlitz.
    PoW number: 6119.
    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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    View Record Roden William James 1 Nov 1920 15 Jul 1939 1940 France (Boulogne)
    via Ancestry

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

    1. No.
    2734830
    RANK - GDSM.
    SURNAME - RODEN
    CHRISTIAN NAMES - WILLIAM JAMES
    DECORATIONS -

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

    3. DIVISION (ARMY) -

    4. DATE OF BIRTH -
    1st NOV. 1920

    5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT -
    15 JULY 1939

    6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION -
    POTTER

    7. PRIVATE ADDRESS -
    88 SUN STREET, HANLEY, STOKE-ON-TRENT

    8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE -
    FRANCE (BOULOGNE) 1940

    9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? -
    NO

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

    VIIIB, 344 LAMSDORF O/S 1940 - 1945
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    11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
    Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work

    MALAPANE O/S 1940 - 1941 RIVER
    GOGOLIN O/S 1941 - 1942 RAILWAY
    SUDENTENLAND - 1945 RAILWAY

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    12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
    Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration

    NIL
    12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
    Yes


    GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

    1. No.
    2734830
    RANK - GDSM.
    SURNAME - RODEN
    CHRISTIAN NAMES - WILLIAM JAMES


    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).

    NO
    ( 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, in BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, FRANCE, Aug. 1940.
    Interrogator tried to be very friendly all through by bringing food and cigarettes !

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    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.)

    Damaged electric cable while working in HEYDEBRECK O/S 1941.
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    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
    11/5/45
    Signature W. J. Roden
     
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