2719581 Guardsman Francis Joseph McELWEE, Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 1939
Date of Discharge: 1 April 1946

Army Number: 2719581
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Francis Joseph McELWEE
Unit: Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 27 October 1914
Place of Birth: Middlesbrough

Date of Capture:
Place of Capture:
Camps: Stalag VIIIB, Stalag VIIIC
PoW number: 5994

 

Army Number: 2719581
Rank: Guardsman
Name: F McELWEE
Unit: Irish Guards
Theatre:
POW Number: 5994
Date of Capture:
Place of Capture:
Camp: Stalag VIIIC

 

Name: Francis McElwee . Date of Birth: 27/10/1914 . Place of Birth: Middlesbrough .... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/235/106
Name: Francis McElwee.
Date of Birth: 27/10/1914.
Place of Birth: Middlesbrough.
Service: [British Army].
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
Service Number: [2719581].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf.
PoW number: 5994.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

Campaign Stars & Medals : 2:0

• 1939-45 Star
• War Medal 1939-45

Address given at time of application (1950):
90, Outram Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire