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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Vincent
Initials:A V
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:7687426
Notes:CMP. POW. Enlisted in CMP.
Casualty List 772, Middle East, Missing believed POW, 22/1/1942.
Casualty List 826, Western Desert, POW previously reported missing on List 772, as missing now believed POW, Middle East, date not reported. Italian POW Camp No. 65, Gravina (near Altamura) post mark 3450, Stalag IVB Muhlberg, Elbe, Brandenburg. Casualty List 1289. corrections, List 621, Crete, POW previously reported missing on list 772 as missing believed POW 22/1/41.
Casualty List 1846, POW, previously reported POW not now POW, previous List 826 (corrected by 1289) Western Desert.
General Questionnaire for British Ex POW, Top Secret, MI9/Gen/MIS/X, 130183. 7687426, L/Cpl, Vincent, Albert Valentine, CMP, born 13/3/13, enlisted 27/4/40, occupation Clerk, address:- Bawdsey Cottage, Vincent Lane, Dorking, Surrey. Captured 22/1/42 at Sannu, North Africa, were you wounded when captured ? No, Main POW Camps: Camp 66, Italy, nr Naples, from 29/2/42 to 3/5/42, Camp 65, Gravina, Nr Bari, from 5/5/42 to 7/43, Camp 70, Italy, Monturano, from7/43 to 12/9/43, Stalag IVB, Muhlberg by Leipzig from 27/9/43 to 29/0/43, Stalag IVF, Hartmannsdorf, by Chemnitz from 1/11/43 to 17/4/45. Were you in a working camp? Yes, Melleteur nr Plauen, from 1/11/43 to 6/9/44 on railway work, Reichenbach from 6/9/44 to 17/4/45 on railway work. Did you received adequate medical treatment ? Yes by British MO. Did you do and sabotage of enemy equipment ? minor acts.
30/7/48 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, War Medal.
Address:- "Bawdsley Cottage" Vincent Lane, Dorking, Surrey.
Albert Valentine Vincent.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Stalag IV B GERMANY 🇩🇪