| 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. Casualty List 284, BEF, France, POW. Stalag XXB, Malbork, Poland. Casualty List 1763, POW, previously reported POW in German hands (Germany) now not POW. 11/11/45 Discharged. 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 🇵🇱 |