2717656 Guardsman John Lawrence NEARY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW

Date of Enlistment: 1932
Army Number: 2717656
Rank: Guardsman
Name: John Lawrence NEARY
Unit: 1 Irish Guards


Date of Birth: 12 July 1909
Place of Birth: Liverpool

Date declared Missing: 8 February 1944
Place of Capture: Italy

POW Number: 278833
POW Camps: Stalag IVD, Stalag IVB


Date of Death: 9 January 1987
Place of Death: Hackney

 

Army Number: 2717656
Rank: Guardsman
Name: J NEARY
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
TNA Reference: WO 361/784
Notes: Missing 8 February 1944

 

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17238808
Reference: WO 416/269/42
Name: John [L] Neary.
Date of Birth: 12/06/1909.
Place of Birth: Liverpool.
Service: British Army.
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
Service Number: [2717656].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag IVB Muhlberg.
PoW number: 278833.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.

 

Name: John [L] Neary . Date of Birth: 12/07/1909 . Place of Birth: Liverpool . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/269/77
Name: John [L] Neary.
Date of Birth: 12/07/1909.
Place of Birth: Liverpool.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Guardsman.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
Service Number: 2717656.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag IVB Muhlberg.
PoW number: 278833.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.

 

John Lawrence NEARY
12th July 1909 Liverpool - 9th January 1987 Hackney, London aged 77

 

Thanks very much for checking records - full name and DOB now corrected.