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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Hepburn
Initials:S G
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:2979055
Notes:CMP. POW. Formerly Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, transferred to CMP.
Extracts from Army Record:- He was born 29/11/13 at Lahore, India, He enlisted 7/6/32 at Hamilton, occupation Labourer. 7/6/32 he enlisted in the A &S H, 12/7/40 transferred to CMP, 6/6/41 reported missing. He served Home 7/6/32 to 23/11/33, India 24/11/33 to 2/1/39, Home 3/1/39 to 6/6/39, Reserve 7/6/39 to 25/8/39, Home 26/8/39 to 2/9/39, Palestine 3/9/39 to 6/4/41, POW Italy 7/4/41, POW Germany 25/5/45, Home 26/5/45 to 7/3/46, Class Z reserve 26/5/45 to 9/2/54, A G reserve 10/2/54 to 29/11/58.

Casualty Lists 504/5 Middle East, Cyrenaica listed as missing, 6/4/1941. To Stalag VIIIB, POW, No. 220169, 26/3/45 repatriated, 8/3/46 to class Z (T) reserve.
Casualty List 561/7, reported on list 504 as missing now POW,
POW POW Stalag VIIIA, Gorlitz, Saxony.
Casualty List 1853/15, POW, previously listed as POW not not POW. previous List 561, Cyrenaica.
Medal card not found.
Address:- 13 Hill Crest Avenue, Whitegates, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Samuel George Hepburn
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Indian General Service Medal 1908 - 1935 (London Gazette: WO 100/497 Page: Clasp North West Frontier 1935 Dec. 11, 1936)
Citation: 2 Bn A & S H. posted H E 1st Bn.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Stalag VIIIA GERMANY 🇩🇪