Surname:	Trueman
Initials:	J.C.
Rank:	Lance Corporal
Army No.:	2694083
Notes:	CMP. Formerly Scots Guards, 26/10/1939 transferred to CMP Captured BEF Arras. 1/6/1940 Capt J Bower DAPM 5 Div, Coy disembark from Dunkirk successful but scattered over the UK. Casualties were 1 killed Sgt Holden, 1 Wounded L/Cpl Smith, 1 missing L/Cpl Trueman, subsequently reported as a POW. War Diary 5 Div Pro Coy, WO 167/253. Casualty List 226, BEF, France, Missing, 23/5/1940. Casualty List 264, BEF, France, POW previously reported missing on List 226. Casualty List 347, Corrections, List 226 amended by List 264, surname Trueman not Truman. POW Stalag, Malbork, Poland. Casualty List 1072, Corrections, List 264 corrected by List 297, POW previously reported as Missing on List 226 23/5/1940. Home address: 166 Yummer Lane, Aston, Birmingham. John Charles Trueman.