Surname:	Shorthouse
Initials:	J.
Rank:	Lance Corporal
Army No.:	2611990
Notes:	CMP. POW. Enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, transferred to CMP. Casualty Lists 235, BEF, France, Missing, 17/5/1940. Casualty List 318, BEF, France reported as missing on List 235 now POW. POW Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. Casualty List 1067, List 318, POW previously reported missing on List 236, 17/6/1940. Casualty List 1838. POW, previously reported POW now not POW. previous list 318 corrected by 1067, France. 1946 Discharged. Questionnaire for Ex-POW, MI9/Gen/MI5-X.101004. 2611990, L/Cpl, Shorthouse, Joseph, CMP, 12 Div Pro Coy, BEF, born 3/9/11, occupation Police Constable, address: 3 Masefield Avenue, Derby, place of capture, Somme, France, 28/5/40, were you wounded when captured ? yes slightly, POW Camps: Stalag, VIIIB, Lamsdorf, O/S, from 18/6/40 to 26/4/41, Stalag VIIA, Mooseberg from 12/4/45 to 7/5/45, were you in working camp ? yes, Oppeln O/S, from 26/4/41 to 30/11/41, labour in cement factory and stone quarry, Blechammer O/S from 1/12/41 to 21/1/45, maintenance work in civilian working camps. Sabotage: Yes, while in cement factory between 26/4/41 and 30/11/41 frequently by mixing iron couplings, crown bard, wedges etc with rocks thus ruining the crusher hammers when tipped into crusher. Joseph Shorthouse.