| Surname: | Shorthouse |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2611990 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, transferred to CMP. 7/11/45 to discharge. Casualty List 235/27, BEF, France, Missing, 17/5/1940. Casualty List 318/34, BEF, France reported as missing on List 235 now POW. POW Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. Casualty List 1067, List 318, POW previously reported missing on List 236, 17/6/1940. Casualty List 1838. POW, previously reported POW now not POW. previous list 318 corrected by 1067, France. 14/11/48 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, War Medal. Address:- 3 Masefield Avenue, Stenson Road, Derby, Derbyshire. Questionnaire for Ex-POW, MI9/Gen/MI5-X.101004. 2611990, L/Cpl, Shorthouse, Joseph, CMP, 12 Div Pro Coy, BEF, born 3/9/11, occupation Police Constable, address: 3 Masefield Avenue, Derby, place of capture, Somme, France, 28/5/40, were you wounded when captured ? yes slightly, POW Camps: Stalag, VIIIB, Lamsdorf, O/S, from 18/6/40 to 26/4/41, Stalag VIIA, Mooseberg from 12/4/45 to 7/5/45, were you in working camp ? yes, Oppeln O/S, from 26/4/41 to 30/11/41, labour in cement factory and stone quarry, Blechammer O/S from 1/12/41 to 21/1/45, maintenance work in civilian working camps. Sabotage: Yes, while in cement factory between 26/4/41 and 30/11/41 frequently by mixing iron couplings, crown bard, wedges etc with rocks thus ruining the crusher hammers when tipped into crusher. 14/11/48 he was awarded the 1939-1945, War Medal. Address:- 3 Masefield Avenue, Stenson Road, Derby. Joseph Shorthouse. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 344 POLAND 🇵🇱 |