| Surname: | Barlow |
| Initials: | J A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 3767562 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Enlisted in the King's Regiment, transferred to CMP. Casualty List 266, BEF, France, Missing, 27/5/1940. Casualty List 277, BEF, France, POW previously reported missing, previously shown on list 266 as missing. POW Stalag 383 Hohenfels, Rhineland Palatinate. Captured BEF 1940. Casualty List 1836 not now POW, previous list 277, France. 11/2/46 Discharged. John Alexander Barlow. Extract from the Lancashire Evening Post, 13/8/40. Southport Soldier a War Prisoner. Mr and Mrs T Barlow, of Cobden Road, Southport, have been informed through the Red Cross that their son. Corporal J A Barlow, of the Corps of Military Police is a prisoner of war in Germany. Corporal Barlow, who lived in Kensington Road, Southport served for four years in the 7 Kings Liverpool Regiment before joining the Military Police. He was one of the founders of the Southport United FC and a member of the Health and Strength Club. He has two brothers serving - Gunner Gordon W Barlow, RA and Corporal H Barlow of the Military Police, both are well known in Southport Sport circles. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Mention in Despatches (London Gazette: 37595 Page: 2742 June 6, 1946) |
| Citation: | BARLOW was captured at BAEUILL in Belgium, in the summer of 1940. In December 1940, he escaped with two companions from a working camp near POSEN. The men cut a hole in the barbed wire and climbed through it. They were assisted by some Polish people who came them civilian clothes, food and maps. The men were recaptured between SCHRODA and WRESCHEN. In Spring 1941, BARLOW escaped alone from a cattle truck in which he was being transported across Germany. He was travelling in the last coach of the train and managed to climb through the air ventilator and jump clear. He was free for two days being discovered by some members of the Hitler Youth Movement, while sleeping in a wood. Before arrival in STALAG 383 of the U.S. Forces, from 18 April 1945 to 22 April 1945 BARLOW together with several other P/W maintained order amongst the British prisoners and it is largely due to him with his companions that no shooting incidents occurred with the Germans. When U.S. Forces drew near, these men disarmed the German guards, and took them prisoner. Since then they have assisted U.S. Troops in guarding these Germans and have, unaided maintained order amongst the British ex Ps/W.National Archive WO 373/102. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 383 GERMANY 🇩🇪 |