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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Peerless
Initials:A J A
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:304880
Notes:CMP. Formerly Royal Horse Guards, transferred to CMP.
Casualty List, 561, Missing, Crete, 2/6/1941. Casualty List 639, Crete, POW previously reported missing on List 561 2/6/41. POW Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. Casualty List 1067. Corrections, Crete, POW previously reported missing on List 561, rank U/A/L/Cpl, 2/6/41. Casualty List 1837, Previously reported POW not now POW, 639 (corrected by 1067) Crete..
General Questionnaire for British Ex-POW. Top Secret. MI9/Gen/MIS-X. 109343. 303880, L/Cpl, Peerless, Alfred Arthur James, 1 Cavalry Division Pro Coy, CMP, born 8/3/11, enlisted 1/9/29, occupation Railway Employee, address: 59 Bettle Road, St Leonard's on Sea, Sussex, Captured Crete 1/6/41. Were you wounded when captured ? No. Main POW Camps: Stalag 344 Lamsdorf, from 8/41 to 9/41. Were you in a working camp ? Yes, Tonheim, from 9/41 to 7/43, clay quarry. Cosel Haven, 7/43 to 1/45, paper factory. Did you suffer from and serious illnesses while a POW ? No. Did you receive adequate medical treatment ? Yes.
Alfred Arthur James Peerless.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Stalag 344 POLAND 🇵🇱