| Surname: | Crozier |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7685220 |
| Notes: | CMP. 51 Div Pro Coy, captured at St Valery, France. Casualty List 280. BEF France, Missing, 13/6/40. Casualty List 1117. List 339, BEF, France, POW previously reported Missing on List 280, 13/6/1940. POW, Stalag 383, Hohenfels, Rhineland Palatinate. Casualty List 1845 previously reported POW not now POW, previous list 339 and 1117 corrected by France. General Questionnaire for British ex-POW, MI9/Gen/MIS-X. 115466. 7685220, L/Cpl, Crozier, James, awards: 39-45 Star 51 Highland Div Pro Coy, CMP, born 30/5/18, enlisted 9/7/39, occupation Baker, address: 27 South Ellen Street, Dundee, Scotland, captured 12/6/40, St Valery, France, where you wounded when captured ? No. Main POW Camps: Stalag VIIIB, Ober Selisia, from 8/40 to 11/42, Stalag 383 Bavaria, from 11/42 to 4/45, Stalag 7A, Bavaria, from 4/45 to 5/45. Were you in a working camp ? Yes, Ratidsor Hammer from 8/40 to 6/41, Land Work, Hindenburg from 6/41 to 11/41, coal mining, Ziegenhals, from 2/42 to 11/42, wood work. Did you suffer and serious illnesses while a POW ? No. Did you receive a lecture on how to behave in the event of capture ? Yes, Capt. Gallie, APM, 51 Highland Div Pro Coy. Did you receive a lecture on escape and evasion ? No. Interrogation after capture ? No. James Crozier. Extract from the Dundee Courier, 4/10/1940. L/Cpl James Crozier (22), Corps of Military Police, eldest son on Mr and Mrs Sam Crozier, 27 Ellen Street, Dundee is a prisoner of war. He was an apprentice baker with Dundee Eastern Co-operative Society, Ltd. Extract from the Dundee Courier, 3/12/1940. Directory of Angus Prisoners of War Contained in Dundee Soldier's Letter Home. A remarkable communication has been received by Mr and Mrs S Crozier, 27 Ellen Street, Dundee from their son Lance Corporal Jas. Crozier, Corps of Military Police who is a prisoner of war in Germany. Formerly a baker in the employment of Dundee Eastern Co-Operative Society, Ltd. L/Cpl Crozier was taken prisoner on June 11. In a letter dated June 26, which was written in France, he tells his parents that he is quite well. The envelope is packed with little scraps of paper. On each of these a fellow prisoner has written either his own name or the name of a relative making L/Cpl, Croziers letter a regular clearing house of information of prisoners of war from Dundee and district. (there follows a long list of names and addresses of POW's). Extract from the Dundee Courier, 28/2/45. LIFE-SAVING AWARD TO STALAG PRISONER. While a prisoner in Stalag 383, Germany, Cpl James Crozier (26) of Corps of Military Police has gained the Bronze Medallion (Token) Certificate of the Royal Life Saving Society. He is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs S Crozier, 27 Ellen Street, Dundee. A Territorial, he was called up at the outbreak of war, and was taken prisoner at St Valery in June 1940. He was formerly a baker with DECS and was a member of YMCA Swimming Club. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 383 GERMANY 🇩🇪 |