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Researching S.I.R. interrogation reports enemy POWs

Currently we're researching the southern end of Operation Market Garden. Part of that research is going through the interrogation reports of German prisoners of war in the National Archives in Kew. They are part of the WO 208 Prisoners of War section. There is a bit of a problem with those. There does not seems to be an index for them, or a logical order. They aren't sorted by date or any thing else.

We have been going through WO 208/3601, WO 208/3602, WO 208/3603 and WO 208/3604, all handling the period between September and November 1944. We've made a list of what's available, with unit, location and date.

WO 208/3601
S.I.R. Unit Captured at Date
970 9 Batt HKAR 1262 Greville 28-06-44
971 Military Court of Comd of Paris Paris 25-08-44
972 Stadt und Kreiskommandantur Liege Liege 08-09-44
973 1st Coy, Dolmetacher Abt West Bois d'Arcy 25-08-44
974 Wehrbezirks Kdo, Ausland Diest 07-09-44
975 MBH Frabjreucg Paris 25-08-44
976 AK LXVII Pontain near Abbeville 01-08-44
977 HQ, 2nd Bn, Gr 1120, 553 Sperr Div Barbonville 14-09-44
978 ZbV 600 Russeauville 05-09-44
979 Zollschiffstation Le Conquet Le Conquest 09-09-44
980 Unit Railway Control Centre Dijon Sens 21-08-44
980 Unit German Railway Luxembourg 10-09-44
981 Polizei Waffenschule Dresden Bray 27-08-44
982 22nd Pol Bdr Vitry le Francois 16-09-44
983 Heereswaffenamt Paris 25-08-44
984 3rd Coy, Füs Bn 70 (m) Watten 12-09-44
985 26 Vo Mess-Trupp St. Lambert 21-08-44
985 Art Regt 148 Bar-le-Duc 04-09-44
986 2nd Coy, Sicherungs Regt 193 Malines 03-09-44
987 Kampfgruppe Wagner Metz 08-09-44
988 Kampfgruppe Wagner Metz 08-09-44
989 Militerverwaltungs Inspektor (Oblt) Lille 01-09-44
990 Fallschirm Lehrstab Obst Greve Rennes 02-09-44
991 OFK Brussels Mondorf 13-09-44
992 Bau Pi Bn 803 Mechlin 04-09-44
992 Bau Pi Bn 803 Amiens 31-08-44
993 HQ, 2nd Bn, Gr 1120, 553 Sperr Div Barbonville 14-09-44
994 Telefunken Paris 25-08-44
995 Commandant Mil Hosp Brussels Brussels 03-09-44
996 Res Beobachtungs Abt 44 Andelot 12-09-44
996 Res Beobachtungs Abt 44 Epinal 12-09-44
997 Consolidated report

998 OKH Heereswaffenamt Paris 25-08-44
999 OFK 670 Lille Lille 01-09-44
1000 OFK 670 Lille Lille 01-09-44
1001 2nd Coy, Nachr Abt 708 Trun 19-08-44
1002 Frontbuchhandlung, Betreuungs Abt, OKV Brions/Seine 11-09-44
1003 Consolidated report near Nancy 18 till 22-09-44
1004 Feldgendarmerie Trupp d 822 Liege 08-09-44
1004 Feldgendarmerie Trupp d 644 Liege 08-09-44
1005 Kampfgruppe GEN Joigny 28-08-44
1006 16th Batterie, Flak Gruppe CREIL Amiens 31-08-44
1007 Flugplatz Kdo BEAUVECHAIN Malines 04-09-44
1008 Supply, 89 Inf Div Arras 01-09-44
1009 Reserve Beob Abt 44 Epinal 15-09-44
1010 Div Staff 18 LW Feld Div Bavai 07-09-44
1010 Rüstungs Kdo Paris Ost Paris 25-08-44
1011 Heeres-Justizant Paris 25-08-44
1012 OT Oberbauleiting St. Malo Montfort 03-08-44
1013 1st Coy, Gren Ers Bn 489 Isselstein 16-10-44
1014 Eisenbahnnachrichten Abteilung 316 Paris 29-08-44
1015 Eisenbahnnachrichten Abteilung 316 Paris 29-08-44
1016 3rd Coy, Gren Regt 1120 Nancy 15-09-44
1017 Tech Bn 17 Paris 25-08-44
1018 Oberbauleitung St. Malo (OT) Montfort 03-08-44
1019 Propaganda Abteilung Paris Paris 19-08-44
1020 Commandant Mil Hosp Brussels Brussels 03-09-44

WO 208/3602
S.I.R. Unit Captured at Date
1021 5th Survey (Thermal locating) Pl Le Havre 12-09-44
1022 Rüstungs Kdo Paris Ost Paris 25-08-44
1023 Erstatz Bataillon 65 Asten 22-09-44
1024 Comd Bau Pi Bn 800 Brussels 04-09-44
1025 5th Coy 2nd Bn Gr 725 Pontassieve 14-08-44
1026 Rüstings Kdo Nancy Nancy 23-09-44
1027 11th Coy SS Pz Gren Regt 19 Bodel 21-09-44
1028 Direktor of Telefunken GmbH Paris 25-08-44
1029 Sicherungs Regt 1010 Cenoise 26-08-44
1030 Schw Flak Abt 294 Maldegem 12-09-44
1031 Consolildated report

1032 Commandant of Mil Hosp Brussels Brussels 03-09-44
1033 Commandant of Mil Hosp Brussels Brussels 03-09-44
1034 Railway Control Centre Dijon Sens 21-08-44
1034 German Railway Luxembourg 10-09-44
1035 Regimentalsstab Czettritz Brussels 04-09-44
1036 3rd Coy, 149th Feld Ers Bn Dunkirk 15-09-44
1037 1st Tp, Werfer Abt 11 AR 22 Asten 22-09-44
1038 3rd Coy, Pz Abt 2105, 105 Pz Bde Eynatten 14-09-44
1039 Heeresbekleidungsamt I Holland 26-09-44
1040 11th Coy, 3rd Bn, 302 Training Regt Retel 02-09-44
1041 Commandant of Mil Hosp Brussels Brussels 03-09-44
1042 Consolildated report France/Belgium 15 till 18-09-44
1043 Staff of Ic 3rd Luftflotte, Paris Paris 25-08-44
1044 1st Tp Werfer Abt 11, AR 22 Alsten (Asten) 22-09-44
1045 3 Fus Coy, 559 Inf Div Bruchkastel 29-09-44
1046 1st Coy, Pz Abt 2111, Pz Brigade 111 Arracourt 29-09-44
1047 Rüstungs Kdo Paris Ost Paris 25-08-44
1048 Festungs Kommandant Le Havre Le Havre 12-09-44
1049 Hafenbatterie MAA 266 Le Havre 11-09-44
1050 Kriegskarten u Vermässungsamt Brussels 03-09-44
1051 Heeres Uffz Schule “Bergzabern” Arracourt 16-09-44
1052 14th FJ Regt, 5 FJ Div Nancy 18-09-44
1053 Commandant of Mil Hosp Brussels Brussels 03-09-44
1054 3rd Coy, Pz Abt 2105, 105 Pz Bde Eynatten 14-09-44
1054 18th Coy, Pz Abt 2111, 111 Pz Bde Arracourt 29-09-44
1055 1st Para Trg Regt Nancy 14-09-44
1056 Kriegskarten u Vermessungsamt Brussels 03-09-44
1057 HQ Batt, Heeres Flak Abt 291 mot Sinay 06-09-44
1058 Comd 8th Coy Gren Regt 2113 Tourrecourt (?) 20-09-44
1059 9th Coy, IR 723 Best 24-09-44
1060 OFK Lille Lille 01-09-44
1060 18th Tp Werfer Abt 11, AR 22 Alsten (Asten) 22-09-44
1061 Festung Kdt Calais Calais 30-09-44
1062 Comd 1st Bn HKAR 1254 Le Havre 12-09-44
1062 II Donau Thermal Locating Pl Wimereux 21-09-44
1062 3rd Tp, 1st Bn HKAR 1254 Le Havre 12-09-44
1063 HQ Coy, 225 Gren Regt Mattaincourt near Epinal 14-09-44
1064 Armee Pi Schule Bayonne Brussels 03-09-44
1065 Adjt 2111 Pz Gr Regt, Pz Bde 111 Near Rhine-Marne Canal 22-09-44
1066 Staff Gren Regt 1121 Moivron-Bratte 23-09-44
1067 GR 1121, 553 ID Moivron-Bratte and Jean de Lancour 23 and 24-09-44
1068 Kdr der Nachr Aufklärung 5 Near Brussels 10-09-44
1069 Festungsdienststelle Xanthen Mook 17-09-44
1070 Comd 3rd Bn, Arty Regt 1553 Nancy 23-09-44
1071 Pi Coy, Pz Gren Bn 2107 Helmond 22-09-44
1071 4th Coy, Pz Gren Bn 2107 Opplo (Oploo) 22-09-44
1072 Marine Art Abt 682 Les Milles 21-08-44
1073 Marineartillerieabteilung 242 Gris Nez 29-09-44
1074 Eisenbahnnachricten Abteilung 316 Paris 29-08-44
1075 WBK Ausland Belgium 07-09-44
1076 HQ 136 ID Antwerp 04-09-44
1077 Oberbauleitung St. Malo (OT) Montfort 03-08-44
1078 Flak Gruppe Aachen Malmedy 12-09-44
1079 Fest Inf Bn 1407 Boulogne 21-09-44

WO 208/3603
S.I.R. Unit Captured at Date
1080 Commandant of Mil Hosp Brussels Brussels 03-09-44
1081 March Coy of Gren Ers Bn 37 Rören 16-09-44
1082 Technical Manager Anton Veltrub and C.O. K.G. Aachen

1083 Commandant of Mil Hosp Brussels Brussels 03-09-44
1084 Comd of Engr Pl, HQ Coy GR 1018 Merxem 02-10-44
1085 Organisation Todt Nijmegen 17-09-44
1086 Commandant of Mil Hosp Brussels Brussels 03-09-44
1087 Landesschützen Zug 28/XI Nijmegen 20-09-44
1088 HQ HAA Bn 572 Nijmegen 22-09-44
1089 1st Coy Pi Bn 217, 188 ID Palenberg 04-10-44
1090 IG Kp, 1 SS Pz Div (LAH) Prüm 29-09-44
1091 Gren Ausb Bn 365 Elkenstein 17-09-44
1092 6th Tp, Para Arty Regt 2 Lunenville 17-09-44
1093 6th Tp, Fallschirm Arty Regt 2, 2 Para Div Lunenville 17-09-44
1094 Wehrmachtkommandantur Strasbourg Strasbourg 25-11-44
1095 Fest Inf Bn 1408 Echinghen near Boulogne 19-09-44
1096 Fest MG Bn 27 Boulogne 17-09-44
1096 Fl Regt 53 Gel 11-09-44
1096 188 ID Palenberg 04-10-44
1097 Frontaufklärungs Kdo 356 Paris 06-09-44
1098 Kampfgruppe 13/XII Near Nancy 16-09-44
1099 12th Coy, GR 1054, 85 ID Near Amiens 02-09-44
1100 12th Coy, GR 1054 Near Amiens 02-09-44
1101 Res Pz Gren Btl 8 Waubach 19-09-44
1102 11th Coy, SS PGR 19 Near Bodel 21-09-44
1103 2nd Coy, Pz Nachr Abt 676 St Lambert 20-08-44
1104 Sturm Bn AOK Lille 02-09-44
1105 15th Coy, SS Pz Gren Bde 49 Selzer 20-09-44
1106 Funküberwachungsabt I Brussels 27-09-44
1107 Consolidated report

1108 Kanonier Ersatz Bn 176 Near Aachen 18-09-44
1109 2nd Bn GR 861 347 ID Andenne 08-09-44
1110 Armeegeräte Park 683 Orleans 17-09-44
1111 Luftgaukommando XI (GAF) Hurtgen near Düren 11-10-44
1112 Nahaufklärungs Abt 625 St. Lambert 22-08-44
1113 Luftwaffenoberbauleitung Wiesbaden Monschau 17-09-44
1114 11th Coy, SS Pz Gren Regt 19 Near Bodel 21-09-44

WO 208/3604
S.I.R. Unit Captured at Date
1115 Luftgaukommando XI GAF Hürtgen near Düren 11-10-44
1116 Feldkdtr 758 Maubeuge 03-09-44
1117 2nd Coy, 691 Landesschützen Bn Beaugency 17-09-44
1117 3rd Coy Fest MG Bn 28 Calais 30-09-44
1118 Luftwaffen Oberbauleitung Wiesbaden Monschau 17-09-44
1119 1 Coy Fus Bn 183, 183 Volksgrenadier Div Immendorf near Aachen 14-10-44
1120 GFP Gruppe 8 Groosbeek (Groesbeek) 17-09-44
1121 HQ, 1480 Fortress Inf Bn Boulogne 18-09-44
1122 Luftschutzpolizei Rechlinghausen Wyler 17-09-44
1123 Feldkdtr 758 Maubeuge 03-09-44
1124 Consolidated report, MK 700 (Swimming Saboteurs) near Ochten 29-09-44
1125 Nachr EuA Kp 16 Danzig Weiskirchen 09-44
1126 10th Coy, 1st Regt, Brandenburg Div Eupen 19-09-44
1127 Marinesonderdienst Bordeaux Chateauroux 17-09-44
1128 Feld Kdtr 758 Near Mauberge 03-09-44
1129 3 Abt, 11 Kp, Ausb. Regt 302 Retel 02-09-44
1130 Luftgau Nachrichten Regt West Frankreich near Orleans 17-09-44
1131 Grosskampfbatterie Brüggen Wyler near Nijmegen 14-10-44
1131 Grosskampfbatterie Stüttgen Wyler near Nijmegen 14-10-44
1132 Pz Pi Ers und Ausb Bn 16, 526 ID Würselen near Aachen 10-10-44
1133 Comd GR 404 Aachen 21-10-44
1134 Feldgendarmerie Tr 777 Beaugency 17-09-44
1135 Sicherungsregt Majestic Paris 25-08-44
1136 OT (Mischling Hundertschaft (forced labour)) Maitzein 02-09-44
1137 Flakgruppe Aachen Normandy 12-09-44
1138 Alarm Bn III Paris 25-08-44
1138 12th Coy, GR 1054 Amiens 02-09-44
1139 Alarm Bn III Paris 02-09-44
1140 Gestapoleitstelle Hamburg Montfort 03-08-44
1140 1st Tp, 1st Arty Bn, 5th Para Arty Regt Corigny 01-08-44
1141 1st Tp, GAF Rly HAA Bn 278 (E) Chalons s/Marne 28-08-44
1142 Div Staff, 18 LW Feld Div Bavai 07-09-44
1143 Heeresverpflegungsamt Aachen Aachen 29-09-44
1144 2nd Coy, Pz Nachr Abt 676 St. Lambert 20-08-44
1145 Festungs Gren Bn 1409 Near Arnhem 28-09-44
1146 2nd Coy, Pz Nachr Abt 676 St. Lambert 20-08-44
1147 1 HKAA 1253 Breskens 22-10-44
1148 2nd Coy, PGR 8, 3 ID Near Aachen 23-10-44
1149 Landesschützen Btl 254 Neustadt 29-09-44
1150 2nd Coy, LW Festungs Bn 20 Grosschau 21-09-44
1151 Gren Ers Bn 78 Near Prüm 15-09-44
1152 Hafenkommandantur Calais Calais 07-10-44
1153 2nd Coy, 10th Field Depot Bn Holland 22-09-44

Do you need one of those reports for your one research? Please let us know. We're always willing to exchange copied documents from Kew.

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