| Surname: | Trueman |
| Initials: | J C |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2694083 |
| Notes: | CMP. Formerly Scots Guards, 26/10/1939 transferred to CMP Captured BEF Arras. War Diary 5 Div Pro Coy, WO 167/253. 1/6/1940 Capt J Bower DAPM 5 Div, Coy disembark from Dunkirk successful but scattered over the UK. Casualties were 1 killed Sgt Holden, 1 Wounded L/Cpl Smith, 1 missing L/Cpl Trueman, subsequently reported as a POW. Casualty List 226/30, BEF, France, Missing, 23/5/1940. Casualty List 264/21, BEF, France, POW previously reported missing on List 226. Casualty List 347/23, Corrections, List 226 amended by List 264, surname Trueman not Truman. POW Stalag, Malbork, Poland. Casualty List 1072/6, Corrections, List 264 corrected by List 297, POW previously reported as Missing on List 226 23/5/1940. Casualty List 1841, POW previously reported POW now not POW, previous list 264 corrected by 347 and 1072, France. Home address: 166 Yummer Lane, Aston, Birmingham. 30/8/52 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, War Medal. Address:- 2225 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, California, USA. John Charles Trueman. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag XX B POLAND 🇵🇱 |