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2718057 Guardsman Robert WELDON, 1 Irish Guards: POW

Discussion in 'The Brigade of Guards' started by dbf, Mar 17, 2013.

  1. dbf

    dbf Member

    Date of Enlistment: 9 October 1934 recalled from Reserves

    Army Number: 2718057
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: Robert WELDON
    Unit: 1 Irish Guards, 1 Company


    Date of Birth: 24 January 1915
    Place of Birth: Rullamore
    Residence: "Delbrook", Blackness Road, Crowborough, Sussex, as at 16 May 1945

    Date of Capture: 8 February 1944
    Place of Capture: Nettuno, Italy

    POW Number: 36139
    POW Camps: Stalag 344, Stalag IIIA, Stalag IIA, Stalag VIIIB
     
    Last edited: May 29, 2025
  2. dbf

    dbf Member

    Army Number: 2718057
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: R WELDON
    Unit: 1 Company, 1 Irish Guards
    Theatre: Italy
    Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
    TNA Reference: WO 361/784
    Notes: Date of Payment 14 January 1944, 400 Local Currency ;
    Missing 8 February 1944

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    Last edited: Nov 5, 2019
  3. dbf

    dbf Member

    Name: Robert Weldon . Date of Birth: 24/01/1915 . Place of Birth: Rullamore . ... | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 416/385/33
    Name: Robert Weldon.
    Date of Birth: 24/01/1915.
    Place of Birth: Rullamore.
    Service: [British Army].
    Rank: [Guardsman].
    Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
    Service Number: 2718056 [2718057].
    Date of Capture: [unspecified].
    Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
    Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf.
    PoW number: 36139.
    Date of Death: [unspecified].
    Number of Photographs: 0.
    Number of Fingerprints: 0.
    Number of X-rays: 0.
    Number of Cards: 2.
    Date: [1939-1945]
     
    Last edited: May 29, 2025

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