| Surname: | Moore |
| Initials: | H J |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 2694570 |
| Notes: | CMP. 13/11/1933 he enlisted in the Scots Guards for 4/8 years, 21/1/1940 transferred to CMP. Casualty List 234, BEF, France, Wounded, date not reported. Casualty List 261, BEF, France, Wounded, date not reported. Casualty List 343, List 261, BEF, France, date not reported, above entry should be deleted, correctly shown on Casualty List 234 with Army No. 2694570. 332 Company VP 1943. Casualty List, 1488 missing, North West Europe 6/6/1944, 6 Airborne Div Pro Coy. Casualty List 1843, North West Europe, Previously reported Missing now reported POW in German hands, location unknown, 6 Airborne div Pro Coy, previous List 1488, 6/6/1944. Casualty List 1543, North West Europe, 6/6/1944, previously reported Missing now POW in German hands, previous List 1488. POW. POW Stalag 357, Oerbke, Lower Saxony. Casualty List 1822, POW, reported POW not now POW, previous List 1543, Western Europe, 6 Airborne Div Pro Coy. 2/7/1945 returned to Scots Guards. 20/9/1945 to W Reserve, address: Newhaven Street, Shepton Montague, Somerset. Questionnaire for Ex-POW, MI9/Gen/MI5-X. 88702. 2694570, Sgt, Moore, Herbert James, decorations: GSM 1918 Palestine and 1939 Star, CMP, parachutist, 6 Airborne Div Pro Coy, born 14/5/15, enlisted 13/11/33, enlisted 13/11/33, mobilized 1/12/29, reservist, occupation Police Constable Essex County Constabulary, address: 11 Marsh Lane, South Killinghome, Nr Grimsby, Lincs, date place of capture: Mery Corbon, Normandy, 11/7/44, were you wounded when captured? No. Camps imprisoned:- 12A, Limburg, 27/7/44 to 25/8/55, 4B Malberg, from 27/8/44 to 25/9/44, 357 Fallingbostel from 26/9/44 to 25/4/45. Were you in a working camp? No. Did you suffer from serious illness while POW? No. did you receive lecture on how to behave in the event of capture? Yes by unit security officer, Were you lectured on escape and evasion? Yes, by unit security officer. Were you interrogated by the enemy? Yes, May 44 at HQ 16 Field Div, Mery Corbon, placed against a wall and covered by riflemen for 40 minutes then left and ignored in cage for 10 days. Escapes: With 4341897 WO Oliver and 2828690 Sgt Cliffe, T Para Regt, escaped from line of march near Fallingbostel, recaptured by German soldiers with Signals, weak from hunger, all three taken. Herbert James Moore. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 357 GERMANY 🇩🇪 |