Surname: | Reid |
Initials: | J J |
Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Army Number: | 7685347 |
Notes: | CMP. POW. Enlisted in to CMP. Casualty List 280 BEF, France, Missing, 13/6/1940. Casualty List 324, BEF, France, now POW previously reported missing in List 280. POW. Stalag XXB, Malbork, Poland. Questionnaire for Ex-POW, MI9/Gen/MI5-X. 7685347, Cpl, Reid, James Johnston, CMP, unit 51 Highland Div Pro Coy, born 24/4/14, enlisted 1/9/39, occupation Clerk, address: 107 Strathern Road, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, captured 12/6/40, St Valery, France, wounded when captured? No, Main POW Camps: XXA, Thorn from 1/8/40 to 9/8/40, XXB, Willconburg, 9/8/40 to 14/2/45, were you in a working camp ? Yes, Danzig from 9/8/40 to 14/2/45, farm work, did you suffer and serious illness whilst a POW? varicose Veins, 1 year, rheumatism of shoulder 2 years, did you receive adequate medical treatment ? Yes, did you receive lectures on being captured ? Yes, Capt Gallie, CMP, were you lectured on escape and evasion ? No. James Johnston Reid. Extract from The Scotsman, 20/11/40, Prisoners of War. Corps of Military Police. L/Cpl J K Reid. (Initials J J in POW, British Army, 1939-1945). Extract from Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser, 10/8/1940. L/Cpl, James J Reid (26), Corps of Military Police, eldest son of Mr and Mrs James C, Reid, 107 Strathern Road, Broughty Ferry, is a prisoner. He was employed by George Ramsay & Sons, Ltd, Potato Merchants, Trades Lane. |
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Imprisonment: | Stalag XX B POLAND 🇵🇱 |