2717494 Guardsman John KEOGH, 2 Irish Guards: 07/12/1943

Date of Enlistment: 1931

Army Number: 2717494
Rank: Guardsman
Name: John KEOGH
Unit: 2 Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 5 April 1908
Place of Birth: Liverpool

Date of Capture: 23 May 1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

POW Number: 1287
POW Camps: Stalag XXIB
Repatriated

 

Name: John Keogh . Date of Birth: 05/04/1908 . Place of Birth: Liverpool . Service:... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/207/441
Name: John Keogh.
Date of Birth: 05/04/1908.
Place of Birth: Liverpool.
Service: British Army.
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Irish Guards.
Service Number: 2717494.
Date of Capture: 23 May 1940.
Theatre of Capture: Boulogne.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXIB Schubin.
PoW number: 1287.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 1.
Number of Fingerprints: 1.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 5.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

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GUARDSMAN JOHN KEOGH
Service Number: 2717494
Regiment & Unit: 2nd Bn. Irish Guards
Date of Death: 07 December 1943
Age 35 years old
Buried or commemorated at LIVERPOOL (FORD) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Grave Reference: Sec. J.L. Grave 366.
Location: United Kingdom
Additional Info
Son of Francis and Elizabeth Keogh, of Fazakerley, Liverpool.