2735676 Guardsman William Humphrey GRIFFITHS, 2 Welsh Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment:
Army Number: 2735676
Rank: Guardsman
Name: William Humphrey GRIFFITHS
Unit: 3 Company, 2 Welsh Guards

Date of Birth: 1 September 1911
Place of Birth: Trealaw, Glamorgan

POW Number: 7246
POW Camps: Stalag XXA, Stalag IIID

Date of Capture: 25 May 1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

 

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Reference: WO 416/152/361
Name: William Humphrey Griffiths.
Date of Birth: 1/9/1911.
Place of Birth: Trealaw, Glamorgan.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Guardsman
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards.
Service Number: 2735676.
Date of Capture: 25 May 1940.
Theatre of Capture: Boulogne.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XX A Thorn.
PoW number: 7246.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

CIVILIANS, SAILORS, SOLDIERS; Renegades all.


Welsh Guards

S.I.B.3. PROGRESS REPORT

The following have been tried and convicted.

1) No. 2735676 Gdsmn. GRIFFITHS, William Humphrey,
Welsh Guards
Sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment for broadcasting.

 

2735676 William Humphrey Griffiths sentenced in 1946 to seven years imprisonment after being found guilty of collaborating with the enemy (Broadcasting)

Source National Archives Ref KV 2/3581 .
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