See this link for sortable table, which also includes dates of capture and any TNA links where known. Irish Guards: Prisoners of War - WWII Open Resource Group | The National Archives My thanks to AndyBaldEagle for his splendid help. Gallery Album: Irish Guards, POW Liberation Reports | WW2Talk See also Irish Guards: Prisoners of War Irish Guards: Escapers & Evaders 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
Please note that this is not a complete list of Liberation questionnaires held at TNA Kew for Irish Guards. I hope to be able to add more when possible. If you cannot find someone on the list below this does not mean that there is not a report. INDEX - ALPHABETICAL IRISH GUARDS 2722386 Lance-Corporal Percival Robert ABBOTT, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Germany, 2 April 1945 2719762 Guardsman David ABEL, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured France, 23 May 1940 2719389 Guardsman Leonard ADAMS, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 10 Feb 1944 Hugh Andrew AGNEW, 1 Irish Guards 2723255 Guardsman Jack ALLEN, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Germany, 21 Apr 1945 2719442 Lance-Corporal John Thomas ALLEN, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 5 Feb 1944 David ANDERSON, Irish Guards 2719589 Guardsman George Alfred ANDREWS, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Tunisia, 15 Mar 1943 2718750 Lance-Serjeant Samuel AULDS, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 22 Feb 1944 - WO 344-11-2 2721261 Guardsman Frank AYRE, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 4 Feb 1944 - WO 344-12-2 2724468 Guardsman Aubrey Randolph BANDY, Irish Guards: PoW Captured Germany, 20 April 1945 2722673 Guardsman Harold George BEARMAN, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 3 Feb 1944 2724272 Guardsman Douglas Stanley BELL, Irish Guards: PoW Captured Germany, 20 Apr 1945 2720308 Guardsman Hyman BENJAMIN, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 29 Jan 1944 2718015 Lance-Corporal Cecil Wilfred BENSON, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Norway, 26 May 1940 2719058 Guardsman John BERRY, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured France, 23 May 1940 2720504 Corporal John William BILLAM, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 26 Jan 1944 2718222 Guardsman William Henry BLACKBURN, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured Holland, May 1940 Arthur BLAYMIRE, Irish Guards - 2719090 Guardsman Arthur BLAYMIRE, 1 Irish Guards: POW William BLYTHING, Irish Guards Christopher James BOLAND, Irish Guards 2720614 Guardsman Eric BRADLEY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 10 Feb 1944 2723545 Guardsman William BRAZIL, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 22 Feb 1944 James BRESLIN, Irish Guards William BROCKLEHURST, Irish Guards Jospeh BUCHANAN, Irish Guards James Thomas BUCKLEY, Irish Guards Patrick BURKE, Irish Guards Douglas BURNELL, Irish Guards James BURNS, Irish Guards 2720248 Guardsman Reginald BUTTERWORTH, 2 Irish Guards: Liberated POW Captured Germany, 2 April 1945 John BYRNE, Irish Guards Peter BYRNE, Irish Guards Michael CAHIR, Irish Guards 2723215 Guardsman John CANNON, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 10 Feb 1944 2719825 Guardsman Roy Arthur George CARDWELL, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured France, 24 May 1940 2721613 Lance-Corporal John CAREY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 10 Feb 1944 2723409 Guardsman Joseph CARLISLE, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 3 Feb 1944 2719222 Lance-Serjeant Thomas CARROLL, 3 Irish Guards: POW Captured Belgium, 14 Sep 1944 2721805 Guardsman James Logan CARRUTHERS, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 4 Feb 1944 2721208 Guardsman Robert CARSON, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 10 Feb 1944 2718438 Corporal John Michael CARTER, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 29 Mary 1943 2718617 Guardsman James CASEY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 22 Feb 1944 2723311 Guardsman Norman Leslie CASTLE, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy 2721325 Guardsman George Henry CATLING, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 27 February 1944 2721162 Lance Serjeant Kieron Dermot CAVENDISH, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 31 March 1943 2722522 Corporal Frank CHARLTON, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943 2722898 Guardsman Michael CLEARY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 30 January 1944 2718853 Lance-Corporal Hugh CLINTON, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 5 February 1944 2719064 Lance-Corporal Thomas COLLEY, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured Boulogne, 26 May 1940 2719469 Guardsman John COLLINS, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943 2718414 Serjeant James Patrick CONNOLLY, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 20 April 1945 2722789 Guardsman Patrick CONNOLLY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 29 January 1944 2719079 Guardsman Patrick Joseph CONNOLLY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 2 Feb 1944 2717532 Guardsman Charles COOKE, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943 Richard COOKE, Irish Guards 2717660 Guardsman George Alphonsus COONAN, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Norway, 25 May 1940 2719272 Guardsman John COONEY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943 2719236 Alfred George COOPER, 1 Irish Guards Captured Italy 5 Feb 1944 2718667 Guardsman Patrick Joseph CORR, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 4 Feb 1944 2723349 Guardsman Thomas COSGROVE, 3 Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 20 April 1945 2718992 Lance-Corporal Henry Robert COSTELLO, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 13 Mar 1943 2716886 Serjeant Patrick Francis COSTELLO, Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 Mar 1943 2722372 Guardsman Ronald COULSON, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Anzio, Italy, 3 Feb 1944 2721606 Guardsman Bernard Martin COURTNEY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 10 Feb 1944 2722890 Lance-Corporal George William COWLES, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 30 Jan 1944 2719192 Guardsman George COX, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 4 Feb 1944 2723362 Guardsman Edward CRABB, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 4 Feb 1944 2720023 Guardsman William Joseph CRAIK, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured Boulogne, 23 May 1940 2720466 Lance-Corporal Daniel CRAMSIE, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 20 Apr 1945 2719252 Guardsman Robert CRAWFORD, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 22 Feb 1944 Thomas Malachie CREALLY, Irish Guards John CRESSWELL, Irish Guards Harry CROFT, Irish Guards Alfred Thomas CRUTTENDEN, Irish Guards John Thomas CURLEY, Irish Guards 2721211 Lance-Corporal James Albert DAVENPORT, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 8/2/1944 John DAVIES, Irish Guards John Patrick DELANEY, 1 Irish Guards Joseph DIEGNAN, Irish Guards Eugene F DISKIN, Irish Guards Daniel McDavitt DOCHERTY, Irish Guards John Brown DONALDSON, Irish Guards John Joseph DONOVAN, Irish Guards Raymond DORAN, Irish Guards Henry DOUGLAS, 1 Irish Guards Patrick DOWD, Irish Guards Denis DOYLE, Irish Guards James DUCKWORTH, Irish Guards Joseph Thorne DUNN, Irish Guards Joseph DUNNE, Irish Guards Frank Alfred EDE, Irish Guards Harold EDEN, Irish Guards Francis EDWARDS, Irish Guards James Arthur EDWARDS, Irish Guards Peter EDWARDS, Irish Guards & 2 Commando Robert Lester ELLAMS, 1 Irish Guards Ernest Charles ELLEN, Irish Guards James ELLIOTT, 2 Irish Guards Sidney Charles ELLIOTT, Irish Guards Dan ENGLISH, Irish Guards Henry James ENGLISH, Irish Guards Patrick ENGLISH, Irish Guards Peter FALLON, Irish Guards Henry FARRELL, Irish Guards Michael FARRELL, Irish Guards Thomas FARRELL, Irish Guards Patrick Joseph FARRELLY, Irish Guards Thomas FARREN, Irish Guards Michael John FEARON, Irish Guards John William FERGUSON, Irish Guards John FERRITER, Irish Guards Frank FIDLER, Irish Guards Patrick FITZPATRICK, Irish Guards Thoma FLANAGAN, Irish Guards Thomas FLANAGAN, 1 Irish Guards Thomas FLANNERY, Irish Guards Thomas FLANNERY, Irish Guards John FLEMING, Irish Guards John Patrick FLEMING, Irish Guards John FLYNN, 2 Irish Guards Thomas Patrick FOLEY, Irish Guards Charles FORD, Irish Guards Herbert Bert FOX, 2 Irish Guards James FURLONG, 2 Irish Guards James Joseph FURLONG, 2 Irish Guards Hugh GALLAGHER, 1 Irish Guards Joseph GALLAGHER, Irish Guards 2721365 Lance-Serjeant Thomas Michael GANNON, 3 Irish Guards: Liberated POW Captured Germany 02/04/1945 Robert Harold GAY, 1 Irish Guards Dermot GIBSON, Irish Guards Dermot GIBSON, Irish Guards James GILL, Irish Guards Michael GILLARD, Irish Guards Roger GILLEN, Irish Guards Michael GOLDING, Irish Guards Arthur Leslie GOODHEAD, Irish Guards Fred GREENWOOD, 1 Irish Guards John James GUILFOYLE, Irish Guards Albert HALLOWS, 1 Irish Guards Walter Edward HAMMOND, Irish Guards Benjamin HARTLEY, Irish Guards 2724542 Guardsman James HAUGHEY, 3 Irish Guards: Liberated POW Captured Germany, 20/04/1945 John HAYES, Irish Guards James HENDERSON, Irish Guards Michael Joseph HOGAN, Irish Guards & Commando Robert HOLMES, 2 Irish Guards Richard HOLT, 1 Irish Guards John Herbert HUCKLE, Irish Guards Albert HUDSON, Irish Guards Richard John HUNTER, 1 Irish Guards Albert Edward HYDE, 1 Irish Guards Leonard Reginald HYDE, 1 Irish Guards Dick JEFFERSON, Irish Guards Herbert JEFFERSON, Irish Guards Patrick JOYCE, 1 Irish Guards Edward Joseph KANE, 1 Irish Guards James Henry KANE, Irish Guards Thomas KANE, Irish Guards Henry KEARNEY, Irish Guards William KEARNEY, Irish Guards Thomas KEYES, 2 Irish Guards Arthur KIDD, 1 Irish Guards Andrew KINNEAR, 2 Irish Guards James Leslie KINSEY, 1 Irish Guards Stanley George KIRKMAN, 1 Irish Guards Willis LACEY, 1 Irish Guards Anthony Peter LARKIN, Irish Guards Philip Patrick LARKIN, Irish Guards Leonard LATHAM, 2 Irish Guards Henry Thomas William LAWSON, Irish Guards Edmund LEE, 1 Irish Guards James LYNAM, 2 Irish Guards Desmond Thomas Lee LYNCH, 1 Irish Guards William Henry MADREN, Irish Guards Michael MAGUIRE, Irish Guards 2716937 Lance-Serjeant John MAJUREY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 8 Feb 1944 William Henry MATTHEWS, Irish Guards Daniel Robert McALLISTER, 1 Irish Guards Bernard McANENA, Irish Guards Samuel John McCULLOGH, Irish Guards Wiliam McGARRY, 1 Irish Guards William Jams McGRAE, 1 Irish Guards John McGREAVY, 1 Irish Guards Frederick McILWAINE, Irish Guards James McINTYRE, 1 Irish Guards David McKAY, 2 Irish Guards James McKEOWN, 1 Irish Guards 2718724 Guardsman John McLOUGHLIN, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Anzio, 10 Feb 1944 2721197 Guardsman Cuthbert McMANUS, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 4 Feb 1944 2719321 Guardsman William J McMURRAY, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, 25 May 1940 2720787 Guardsman Gordon McNALLY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 6 Feb 1944 2717937 Serjeant Terence McNAMARA, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, 25 May 1940 2720981 Guardsman Patrick McNICHOLAS, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 26 Jan 1944 2719116 Guardsman James McQUEEN, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, 23 May 1940 Thomas MEAD, 1 Irish Guards 2723173 Guardsman Albert James Francis MELVILLE, 2 Irish Guards: Liberated POW Captured Germany, 02/04/1945 Harold MILLER, Irish Guards William MITCHELL, Irish Guards 2722899 Guardsman Lawrence Lewis MOLLOY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy 4 Feb 1944 John MOORE, Irish Guards Sidney MORELY, Irish Guards George Thomas MOTTRAM, Irish Guards 2718524 Guardsman Peter Columbus MULLAN, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 2/3 Feb 1944 2719900 Guardsman John Roland MULLIN, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, 25 May 1940 2721435 Guardsman Eric Sidney Lewis MUNT, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 10 Feb 1944 2723609 Guardsman Daniel MURPHY, Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 2 April 1945 2718999 Guardsman Frank MURPHY, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured France, May 1940 2719661 Corporal James MURPHY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 Mar 1943 2720422 Guardsman James MURPHY, Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 1945 2718657 Lance Serjeant John MURPHY, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, May 1940 2719007 Lance-Corporal John MURPHY, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 22 Feb 1944 4977315 Serjeant William MUSGROVE, MiD, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 5 Feb 1944 2721488 Lance Serjeant Cyril Cobbe MYLES, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 31 Mar 1943 Christopher NAISBITT, Irish Guards John Lawrence NEARY, Irish Guards John Francis NEVIN, 1 Irish Guards 2720404 Guardsman Frank NICHOL, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Germany, 2 April 1945 Andrew NOONAN, 1 Irish Guards Francis O'BRIEN, Irish Guards John O'BRIEN, Irish Guards James O'HAGAN, 2 Irish Guards Alan William O'LEARY, 2 Irish Guards Denis Bernard O'LEARY, 1 Irish Guards Hamilton Joseph Keyes O'MALLEY, Irish Guards attached Glider Pilot Regiment Peter O'NEILL, 2 Irish Guards Thomas Anthony O'NEILL, 1 Irish Guards Norman Frederick Kitchener PALLISTER, 1 Irish Guards Ernest PANTLING, 1 Irish Guards Ralph PERKINS, Irish Guards Cyril John PETCHEY, 1 Irish Guards Patrick Denis George PHELAN, Irish Guards Herbert Joseph PINCHBECK, 2 Irish Guards Gilbert James PRITCHARD, 2 Irish Guards Francis Michael QUALTER, 1 Irish Guards Michael QUINN, Irish Guards Thomas P QUINN, Irish Guards John RIGBY, 1 Irish Guards Louise RIGBY, 2 Irish Guards Samuel Eric RIPLEY, Irish Guards Thomas Charles ROBERTS, 2 Irish Guards John James ROBINSON, 1 Irish Guards John James ROHMAN,Irish Guards Peter ROONEY, 1 Irish Guards Peter ROONEY, 1 Irish Guards Leslie RUSSON, Irish Guards George Robert SCOTT, Irish Guards Thomas SHOREMAN, Irish Guards William Arthur SIMPSON, Irish Guards Gordon SLEEP, 1 Irish Guards Frank Reginald SMALLWOOD, 1 Irish Guards Charles Gray SMITH, 1 Irish Guards Joseph SMITH, Irish Guards Thomas Henry SMITH, 2 Irish Guards John Henry SMYTH, 2 Irish Guards John SOLOMON, 1 Irish Guards Harold SPEAR, 1 Irish Guards James John SPELMAN, 2 Irish Guards Leslie William STEAD, Irish Guards Graham Warrant STEELE, Irish Guards Harry STIFFEL, Irish Guards Florence Patrick SULLIVAN, Irish Guards James Francis SULLIVAN, Irish Guards Samuel David SWANTON, 1 Irish Guards 3449266 Guardsman James SWEENEY, 3 Irish Guards: Liberated POW Captured Germany, 2 April 1945 John TAGUE, 2 Irish Guards James THORNBURY, Irish Guards Arthur THORNE, Irish Guards James TODD, 2 Irish Guards David Henry TUCKER, Irish Guards John Hogg WALDOCK, 2 Irish Guards Frederick George WALKER, 2 Irish Guards Lieutenant Guy Melmoth WALTERS, 1 Irish Guards John WANE, 1 Irish Guards Thomas Freckerick WARBRICK, 1 Irish Guards Michael WARD, Irish Guards William WASHINGTON, Irish Guards Robert WELDON, Irish Guards Clarence John WELSBY, 2 Irish Guards John WHITMORE - 1 Irish Guards William Alfred George WHITNEY, 1 Irish Guards Ronald WHITTLE, 1 Irish Guards Peter William WHITTON, 2 Irish Guards Barnard Frederick John WILD, 2 Irish Guards Charles Fredrick WILKINS, 1 Irish Guards Stanley WILKINSON, 1 Irish Guards Frank WILLETT, 2 Irish Guards John Henry WILLIAMS, 1 Irish Guards John Joseph WOODS, 1 Irish Guards James Henry WOODWARD, 1 Irish Guards James Dennis WORKMAN, 1 Irish Guards Francis James WORTHINGDON, 1 Irish Guards Ralph WRIGHT, Irish Guards
(Mentioned as escape companions) IRISH GUARDS FITZPATRICK, Guardsman, 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS, POW Italy, See 2718667 Patrick Joseph CORR, 1 Irish Guards 2721365 Lance-Serjeant Thomas Michael GANNON, 3 Irish Guards: Liberated POW, See 2723609 Daniel MURPHY, Irish Guards McCOMISH, Samuel, Serjeant, 2nd Armoured Battalion IRISH GUARDS, POW Germany, See 2723609 Daniel MURPHY, Irish Guards MORRIS, Seamus, Guardsman, IRISH GUARDS, POW Germany, See 2723609 Daniel MURPHY, Irish Guards WELSH GUARDS EDWARDS, Guardsman, WELSH GUARDS, POW BEF 1940, See 2719064 Thomas COLLEY, 2 Irish Guards
good afternoon dbf.march,02. 2013 02:42pm.re:irish guards liberated prisoners of war interrogation.i have looked over some of the reports you have posted,i am just posting this reply to say you are doing an amazing job,it must take hours out of your days,its a credit to you.you are like others like you,the historians of our day.thank you and others for your dedication.thank you for posting regards bernard85
Thanks Bernard, It's always great to get feedback. These are down to other kind forum members who copied them while doing their own research at Kew: the majority coming from just one generous person. I suspect typing them up took less effort than the photographing, titling, copying to disk, etc.