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Thanks for the feedback everyone.

The records say he was a POW for 26 days, from 14.4.45 to 9.5.45. The next entry says "Rejoined (Escaped POW)" so he definitely was captured. It's frustrating to say the least that there are no apparent records of him being held?

The military record shows he was stationed at Codford in Wiltshire  in Jan to Feb 1942 and there are 2 interesting entries for some misdemeanours.

"Forfeits 7 days pay on for Waas? being involved in an accident  & causing damage to a W.D Vehicle No: 4446012" - Does anyone know what the 'Waas' abbreviation could mean, the wording is illegible so the spelling could be incorrect. Either Waas or Wsas or Woas? No idea what it means?

There's also another misdemeanour where the 'Waas' word/abbreviation is used again:

"Awarded 10 days C.B for Waas on missed Wireless training at 9:00 hrs"

Any one shed any light here ata all?

Thanks again

My Grandad served in the Scots Guards during WWII, Lance Sgt Robert 'Bertie' Todd, number: 2698817. He was with 3rd Battalion Scots Guards and also 'X5 List.' I have just come into possesion of his Military Records via the Scots Guards archivist.

I have a few queries which any help would be greatly appreciated!

1. He was deployed to NWE on 19th July 1944 - no details of his movements or action he may have seen are available - where could I obtain such info?
2. He came back to the UK on 1st Jan 1945 'to proceed on a course of instruction' - the military records show him as X5 List at this point - what does this mean?
3. He then returned to NWE on 16.2.1945 - he was then promoted to Lance Sergeant on 22.2.1945 - again no information on where he was or what he was doing - any info I could get on 3rd Battalion movements at this time would be fantastic
4. He was reported missing on 14.5.1945, then subsequently confirmed as a POW - no details of prison camp available - any ideas where I can obtain this information?


Hope this is not asking too much?

Thanks for the feedback everyone - I certainly need to double check some of the information I have as it doesn't seem to corroborate with what some of you are suggesting. I guess this is quite normal when information is passed on from different family members and over such long periods of time.

ADM199 your post is interesting as it's the first 'real potential' details of a possible ID - where did you manage to obtain this? Are the numbers the soldiers ID numbers or a seperate POW number given to them when captured? Bertie's middle name was John, so whether this was used to replace his first name of Robert, I do not know?

Scouseboy - thanks for coming back again - he was definitely Scots Guards.

IMBER - Thanks, I will verify this again as it's quite possible the info I have is wrong.

This certainly gets the adrenalin going - I will update with any new info - thanks for your help....keep it coming!

Many Thanks.
DPT

Aghadowey - thanks for that
Scouseboy - Found out that an uncle has his death certificate so I am in process fo trying to obtain a copy. I should be able to get date of marriage from uncle too.

Not sure who the BEF are, the digging I've done on 2nd Battalion scots guards movements in WWII have shown they got about. N.Africa, Sicily, Monte Casino and the North East Europe towards end of War. He was captured in Germany, not sure when?

I have also downloaded the relevant forms from MOD website in a bid to obtain his full service records

He was a civilian in Gosport, I believe involved in the building works that were going on around the dock area - again need to seek clarification from uncle, assuming he knows.