2719319 Guardsman Leo IRWIN, 1 Irish Guards: PoW

Date of Enlistment:
Date of Discharge: -

Army Number: 2719319
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Leo IRWIN
Unit: Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 5/1/1920
Place of Birth: Dublin

Date of Capture: February 1944
Place of Capture: Italy
PoW number: 36364
Camps: Stalag VIIIB, Stalag IIIA

 

Army Number: 2719319
Rank: Guardsman
Name: L IRWIN
Unit: 1 Irish Guards
Theatre: Italy
Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
TNA Reference: WO 361/784
Notes: Missing, POW announced by Rome radio 4 February 1944

 

Army Number: 2719319
Rank: Guardsman
Name: L IRWIN
Unit: Irish Guards
Theatre:
POW Number: 36364
Date of Capture:
Place of Capture:
Camp: Stalag IIIA


Name: Leo Irwin . Date of Birth: 5/1/1920 . Place of Birth: Dublin . Service:... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/192/325
Name: Leo Irwin.
Date of Birth: 5/1/1920.
Place of Birth: Dublin.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Guardsman.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
Service Number: 2719319.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf.
PoW number: 36364.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 3.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

Campaign Stars & Medals : 5:1

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

Address given at time of application (1948):
11, Lansdowne Grove, Neasden, NW10.