2716633 Guardsman Robert James HUTTON, 2 Irish Guards: PoW

Date of Enlistment: 1927/1928

Army Number: 2716633
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Robert James HUTTON
Unit: 2 Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 6 August 1906
Place of Birth: Belfast

Date of Capture: 22 May 1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne

POW Number: 6488
POW Camps: Stalag XXA

 

The battalion / year / location * cited below don't tally with each other.
Guardsman Hutton served in the 1st Battalion prewar. Until 1939 there was only one battalion in the Regiment. However 1st Bn Irish Guards never served at Boulogne; they saw action in Norway in 1940. It was the 2nd Battalion who saw action with BEF; the majority of those captured at Boulogne were taken on 22/23 May 1940.


Name: Robert James Hutton . Date of Birth: 6/8/1906 . Place of Birth: Belfast . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/190/481
Name: Robert James Hutton.
Date of Birth: 6/8/1906.
Place of Birth: Belfast.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: 1st Battalion Irish Guards. *
Service Number: 2716633.
Date of Capture: 22 May 1941. *
Theatre of Capture: Boulogne. *
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXA Thorn.
PoW number: 6488.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 1.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 10.
Date: [1939-1945]