53138 Captain Hugh William BLYTH, Scots Guards & SBS: POW

Personal Number: 53138
Rank: Captain
Name: Hugh William BLYTH
Unit: Scots Guards ; Special Air Service ; Special Boat Squadron

Date of Birth: 13 Sep 1912
Date of Enlistment: 1932
Date of Capture: 7 Apr 1944
Place of Capture: Alimnia Island Nr Rhodes


London Gazette : 17 May 1932
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33826/page/3222/data.pdf
SUPPLEMENTARY RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lts. 18th May 1932.
FOOT GUARDS.
S. G'ds.—
Hugh William Blyth.

 

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

1. No. P53138
RANK - Captain
SURNAME - BLYTH
CHRISTIAN NAMES - Hugh William
DECORATIONS - Nil

2. UNIT (ARMY) - Scots Guards - att Special Boat Squadron, Raiding Forces when captured

3. DIVISION (ARMY) - Middle East G.H.Q.

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 13th Sept 1912

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - R.A.R.O. 1932

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - Farmer

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - Coombehurst, Bastingtoke, Hants.

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - Alimnia Island, Nr Rhodes, 7th April 1944

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - No

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
Oflag VIII F / Mahrisch Trutau / 23 April 44 / May 44
Oflag 79 / Brunswick Germany / May 44 / April 45

11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
No

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?
Yes


GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. P53138
RANK - Captain
SURNAME - BLYTH
CHRISTIAN NAMES - HUGH WILLIAM


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. Lecture several times, last time on Cyprus on our way to LEROS in Oct 1944 by an R.A.F. officer
( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom.
Yes by the same officer as above.

3. INTERROGATION after capture:
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).
Yes at Moosburg on about 22nd April 1944.
Methods employed, was kept confined for 14 days and asked question late at night on two separate nights.

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?)
No

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.)
No

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



GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET
(continued)

8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice?
Since I have been at Oflag 79, I have been asked to fill official forms concerning my party as their [sic] is no information as to their capture or information of being taken prisoners. Also Mrs TUCKEY has written asking about her son who was captured with my party. Their names are
Sub-Lieut Allan Lane TUCKEY, R.N.V.R. Commanding caique
a wireless operator. RN
7914293 Sgt MILLAR GWR
5955044 Pte RICE LA
146928 Gnr JONES GWR
Private EVANS


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 24th April 1945
Signature H W Blythe

 

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SUB-LIEUTENANT ALLAN LANE TUCKEY
Regiment & Unit: H.M. Levant Schooner 24, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death: 20 April 1944
Age 21 years old
Buried or commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Memorial Reference: Panel 88, Column 1.
Location: United Kingdom
Additional Info: Son of John Henry Arthur Tuckey, and of Cecily Louise Tuckey, of Flamstead, Hertfordshire.
​

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LANCE SERJEANT GEORGE WILLIAM JOHN MILLER
Service Number: 7914293
Regiment & Unit/Ship: 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps
Secondary Unit, Regiment: Special Boat Service, S.A.S. Regiment, A.A.C.
Date of Death: 07 April 1944
Age 23 years old
Buried or commemorated at ATHENS MEMORIAL
Memorial Reference: Face 1.
Location: Greece
Awards: Military Medal
Additional Info: Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Miller, of Camberwell, London.​

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PRIVATE LEO GERARD RICE
Service Number: 5955044
Regiment & Unit: Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Secondary Unit, Regiment: Special Boat Service, S.A.S. Regiment, A.A.C.
Date of Death: 07 April 1944
Age 23 years old
Buried or commemorated at ATHENS MEMORIAL
Memorial Reference: Face 5.
Location: Greece
Additional Info: Son of Leo Sebastian Rice and Monica Mary Rice, of Mentone, Victoria, Australia.​

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GUNNER RAYMOND WALTER JONES
Service Number: 1469628
Regiment & Unit: Royal Artillery
Secondary Unit, Regiment: Special Boat Service, S.A.S. Regiment, A.A.C.
Date of Death: 07 April 1944
Age 23 years old
Buried or commemorated at ATHENS MEMORIAL
Memorial Reference: Face 2.
Location: Greece
Awards: Military Medal
Additional Info: Son of Bert and Beatrice M. Jones, of Aston, Birmingham.​

• 4976245 Pte Augustus George EVANS MM, Sherwood Foresters & SBS - Service records?
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PRIVATE AUGUSTUS GEORGE EVANS
Service Number: 4976245
Regiment & Unit: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Secondary Unit, Regiment: Special Boat Service, S.A.S. Regiment, A.A.C.
Date of Death: 07 April 1944
Age 23 years old
Buried or commemorated at ATHENS MEMORIAL
Location: Greece
Awards: Military Medal
Additional Info Son of Augustus and Ada Evans, of Chaddesden, Derby.​

 

Name: Hugh Blyth . Date of Birth: 13/9/1912 . Place of Birth: London . Service: British... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/33/332
Name: Hugh Blyth.
Date of Birth: 13/9/1912.
Place of Birth: London.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Captain.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Scots Guards].
Service Number: 853138.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Oflag VIIIF Mahrisch-Trubau.
PoW number: 2151.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

From
85608 Brian Edeveain DILLON, MBE, The Royal Norfolk Regiment; SAS; SOE.

Dillon, Brian Edevrain (Oral history)
"story of failure of attempted escape by Captain Warren and party of Russians across Adriatic and their subsequent execution on authority of Lieutenant Kurt Waldheim"


4976245 Pte Augustus George EVANS MM, Sherwood Foresters & SBS - Service records?
" In 1986 the proverbial hit the fan when Kurt Waldheim, then President of Austria and former Secretary General of the UN was accused of being implicated in the deaths of 6 servicemen in 1944, one of whom turned out to be my uncle George.:

 

"a wireless operator. RN"

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TELEGRAPHIST RONALD EDWARD CARPENTER
Service Number: P/JX 245508
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Navy H.M. Levant Schooner 24.
Date of Death
Died 20 April 1944
Age 20 years old
Buried or commemorated at
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Panel 84, Column 2.
United Kingdom

Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Albert Carpenter, of Cranleigh, Surrey.

Always remember, never forget,

Jim.

 

For all your hard work dbf; and for others that follow, in the hope of keeping the names alive.

Operation Fireater. The Alimnia Patrol. The Alimnia Case.

Always remember, never forget,

Jim.

 

Continues.....

Always remember, never forget,

Jim.

 

And the last page of Chapter 7 (Please note that annex references in brackets running into the hundreds within the report pages refer to the micro-fiche of original contempory documents used as part of the process of the inquiry)

Always remember, never forget,

Jim.

 

That was a fascinating read. Thank you!

All the best

Andreas