6285599 Lance-Serjeant Charles Henry COADE, 1st Buffs att'd D Bn Layforce: POW

Army Number: 6285599
Rank: Lance-Serjeant
Name: Charles Henry COADE
Unit: 1st Buffs (East Kent Regiment) attached "D" Battalion LAYFORCE

Date of Birth: 15 May 1915
Place of Birth: Dover
Date of Enlistment: 15 Aug 1933
Date of Capture: 1 Jun 1941
Place of Capture: Crete

 

Name: Charles Coade . Date of Birth: 15 May 1915 . Place of Birth: Dover . Service:... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/70/201
Name: Charles Coade.
Date of Birth: 15 May 1915.
Place of Birth: Dover.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Lance Sergeant.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Royal East Kent.
Service Number: 6285599.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag IIID.
PoW number: 12348.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
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. 6285599
RANK - L/SGT
SURNAME - COADE
CHRISTIAN NAMES - CHARLES HENRY
DECORATIONS - PALESTINE, AFRICA STAR

2. UNIT (ARMY) - 1st THE BUFFS ATT "D" BATT. LAYFORCE

3. DIVISION (ARMY) -

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 15/5/15

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 15/8/33

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - LORRY DRIVER

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 48 TOWER HILL, DOVER

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - CRETE 1/4/41

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
STALAG III D BERLIN 8/8/41 - 7/5/43
LAZARET 119 BERLIN 14/5/43 - 30/5/43
STALAG 383 HOHENFELS 9/6/43 - 14/4/45


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


12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration
PLEURISY COLD 3 WEEKS APPROX DEC. 43
PLEURISY REOCCURRENCE 26 DAYS APPROX MAY - JUNE 43
PLEURISY REOCCURRENCE 14 DAYS APPROX DEC 44

12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
YES

GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. 6285599
RANK - L/SGT
SURNAME - COADE
CHRISTIAN NAMES - CHARLES HENRY


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).
NIL
( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom.
NIL

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

4. ESCAPES attempted:
Did you 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?)
NIL

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.)
NIL

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).
NIL

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?
NIL


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 15/5/45
Signature C Coade, L/Sgt