| Surname: | Lake |
| Initials: | H J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7687576 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in CMP. Casualty List 561, Missing, Crete, 2/6/1941. Casualty List 600, Crete, POW previously reported missing on List 561. POW Stalag 383, Hohenfels, Rhineland Palatinate. Casualty List 1067, corrections, List 600, Crete, POW previously reported Missing on List 561 as missing, 2/6/41. Casualty List 1785, POW, previously reported POW in German hands (Germany) now not POW. previous List 600 corrected by List 1067, Crete. Info from tracer card, corps museum; Middle East 15/11/1940. Missing 2/6/1941, now located POW 8/7/1941. Repatriated and posted to Y List 8/5/1945. 19/9/1945 to Y list discharged para 390 (xvi) KR 1946. Initials K J in POW 1939-1945. General Questionnaire for British POW. MI9/Gen/MIS-X. 94401. 7687576, L/Cpl, Lake, Henry John, captured, Crete 1/6/41, 2 Armd Div Pro Coy, CMP, were you wounded when captured ? No. born 21/9/14, enlisted 4/5/40, occupation Hot water fitter also began part time service and 9 months full time service with Metropolitan Special Constabulary. Address: 71 Hazelwood Road, Walthamstowe, London E 17. Main POW Camps:- Stalag VIIA, Moosburg, Germany from 8/41 to 10/43, Stalag 383, Hohenfels, Germany, from 10/43 to 22/4/42. Sabotage:- Yes, from 9/41 till 8/42 I worked in the camp Shoemakers with another Englishman, committed our daily share to the machinery and material of the Germans, also a little in Salonika. Henry John Lake. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 383 GERMANY 🇩🇪 |