| Surname: | Evans |
| Initials: | P A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 794478 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the Royal Artillery (field, coast & AA), transferred to CMP. POW. Captured with BEF, France. Casualty List 284, BEF, France, POW. POW Stalag XXB, Malbork, Poland. Casualty List 1836 not now POW, previous list 284, France. 14/2/46 Discharged. General Questionnaire for British Ex-POW. MI9/Gen/MIS-X. 794478, L./Cpl, Evans, Philip Anthony, 51 (Highland)Div Pro Coy, CMP. born 26/9/10, enlisted 26/7/29, occupation Police Officer, address:- 2 Windsor Terrace, Penarth, Glamorgan, South Wales, captured St Valery, France 12/6/40. Were you wounded when captured? Yes. Main POW Camps: Stalag 11a, Thorn from 7/40 to 8/40, Stalag 13a, Thorn, from 8/40 to 8/40, Stalag 12a Thorn, 12/40 to 5/41, 20b Marianburg, from 5/41 to ?, Stalag 11a, Altengrabow, 3/45 to 4/45. Were you in a working camp? Yes, Windoga, from 8/40 to 12/40, Paulsdorf, 5/41 to 6/41, farm labourer, Marienburg, 8/41 to 2/43, tailor, Deutch Eyau, from 2/42 to 2/43, labourer, Starogard, from 2/43 to 2/45, labourer. Did you suffer any serious illnesses while a PW ? Yes, dislocated left arm, fall at work, 7/41, Frost Bite, bad footwear, 1/43, still suffering from both complaints. Did you receive adequate medical treatment? Yes, hospital Marienburg. Lectures, did you receive instructions on how to behave in the event of capture ? yes, training depot, Mychett, instructor unknown. Were you lectured on escape and evasion ? No. Interrogation after capture ? No. Escapes attempted: Yes from Starogard, Poland, attempted to reach the Russians, when only 20 miles away, 2/45, failed, loose two day, captured by SS Troops, threatened with death. 2/2/49 He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, War Medal. Note:- Also any decoration awarded to the 51st Highland Division. Address:- Police Station, St. Athan, Barry, Glamorgan. Phillip Anthony Evans. Extract from The Scotsman, 18/11/40, Prisoners of War. Corps of Military Police. L/Cpl P Evans. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag XX B POLAND 🇵🇱 |