2717597 Serjeant Jack Noel THOROGOOD, Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 1932
Class of Release or Discharge and Date: KR 1940 Para 390XVI

Army Number: 2717597
Rank: Serjeant
Name: Jack Noel THOROGOOD
Unit: 1 Irish Guards


Date of Birth: 24 December 1913
Place of Birth: Braintree

Date of Capture:
Place of Capture: North Africa

POW Number: 128133
POW Camps: Stalag VIIA

 

Name: Jack [H] Thorogood . Date of Birth: 24/12/1913 . Place of Birth: Braintree . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/361/518
Name: Jack [H] Thorogood.
Date of Birth: 24/12/1913.
Place of Birth: Braintree.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Sergeant.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
Service Number: 2717597.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIA Moosburg.
PoW number: 128133.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 4.

 

Campaign Stars & Medals : 4:1

• 1939-45 Star
• Africa Star, with 1st Army Clasp
• Defence Medal
• War Medal 1939-45

Address given at time of application (1948):
1, Ullswater Road, West Norwood, London SE27