2719555 Lance-Serjeant Robert FITZPATRICK, 1 Irish Guards: PoW

Date of Enlistment: 1939
Date of Discharge: 19 January 1946

Army Number: 271955
Rank: Lance-Serjeant
Name: Robert FITZPATRICK
Unit: 4 Company, 1 Irish Guards


Date of Birth: 24 August 1917.
Place of Birth: Liverpool

Date of Capture: 9 February 1944
Place of Capture: Italy
POW Number: 279244
Camp: Stalag 357
Repatriated POW

 

Army Number: 2719555
Rank: Lance-Serjeant
Name: R FITZPATRICK
Unit: 4 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 ;
Date of Payment 8 February 1944, 130 Local Currency
Missing 9 February 1944
Notes: Repatriated POW ;
Location as of 14 May 1945: 61 Bedford Road, Bootle, Liverpool

 

Army Number: 2719555
Rank: Lance-Serjeant
Name: R FITZPATRICK
Unit: Irish Guards
Theatre:
POW Number: 279244
Date of Capture:
Place of Capture:
Camps: Stalag 357, Stalag IVB


Name: Robert Fitzpatrick . Date of Birth: 24/08/1917 . Place of Birth: Liverpool . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/122/153
Name: Robert Fitzpatrick.
Date of Birth: 24/08/1917.
Place of Birth: Liverpool.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Lance Sergeant.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Irish Guards.
Service Number: 2719555.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag IVB Muhlberg.
PoW number: 279244.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 1.
Number of Fingerprints: 1.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 3.

 

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):
61 Beford Road, Bootle, Liverpool 20