| Surname: | Foote |
| Initials: | J M |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 2753724 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Captured with the BEF, France, 1940. Enlisted in the Royal Corps of Signals, transferred to Black Watch, transferred to CMP. 11/11/45 to discharge. Casualty List 284/47, BEF, France, POW. Stalag XXB, Malbork, Poland. Casualty List 1763/40, POW, previously reported POW in German hands (Germany) now not POW. Previous list 284, France. 24/12/49 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, War Medal. Address:- c/o Milne, 47 Yeamans Shore, Dundee, Scotland. Info from MI9/Gen/MIS-X. Questionnaire for British/American ex POW's. 118247. 2753724, Sgt, Foote, John McGrego54r, CMP, 51 Highland Div Pro Coy, born 6/6/11, enlisted 24/5/39, occupation gas worker, address: 47 Lyon Street, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, 12/6/40 captured St Valery, France, POW Camps: XIA, Thorn, Poland from 20/7/40 to 28/7/40, XXB, Marienburg, West Prussia, from 30/7/40 to 24/1/45, Working Camps: Marienburg, from 12/8/40 to 24/1/45, nature of work: British man of confidence ? Escape attempts: Two attempts: Shonberg, Danzig Free State, 26/1/45, Charles Matheson, Frederick Constable, Eric Addis, William Jones, William Brookes, William Lasham in confusion at Vistula River Ferry. Returned 7/2/45, German Infantry. 20/4/45 attempted at Hoillenbeck, West German, Charles Matheson, William Williams, under cover of darkness. Picked up by British Tank Corps on 2/4/45, lost companion in dark. John McGregor Foote. Extract from the Dundee Courier, 8/8/40. Sgt john Foote, Dundee, Corps of Military Police, previously reported missing now a prisoner. Wife and daughter live at 21 Albert Street. He is the youngest son of Mrs Foote, 54 Bell Street, Was employed by Dundee Gas Department. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag XX B POLAND 🇵🇱 |