Dismiss Notice

You must be 18 or over to participate here.
Dismiss this notice to declare that you are 18+.

Anyone below 18 years of age choosing to dishonestly dismiss this message is accepting the consequences of their own actions.
WW2Talk.Com will not approve of, or be held responsible, for your choices.

2719865 Serjeant Patrick J SHEARER, 1 Irish Guards: POW

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

  1. dbf

    dbf Member

    Date of Enlistment: 1940

    Army Number: 2719865
    Rank: Serjeant
    Name: Patrick J SHEARER
    Unit: 1 Irish Guards

    Date of Birth: 18 September 1922
    Place of Birth: Strabane, County Tyrone

    Date of Capture:
    Place of Capture:

    POW Number: 278355
    POW Camps: Stalag IVB, Stalag IIIA
     
    Last edited: Jun 15, 2025
  2. dbf

    dbf Member

    Army Number: 2719865
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: P SHEARER
    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
    Location as of 16 June 1945: 21 Meeting Street, Strabane, Co Tyrone
     
    Last edited: Oct 27, 2019
  3. dbf

    dbf Member

    Army Number: 2719865
    Rank: Guardsman
    Name: P J SHEARER
    Unit: Irish Guards
    Theatre:
    POW Number: 278355
    Date of Capture:
    Place of Capture:
    Camp: Stalag IIIA
     
    Last edited: Jun 15, 2025
  4. dbf

    dbf Member

    Name: Patrick [J] Shearer . Date of Birth: 18/09/1922 . Place of Birth: Strabane . ... | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 416/326/196
    Name: Patrick [J] Shearer.
    Date of Birth: 18/09/1922.
    Place of Birth: Strabane.
    Service: British Army.
    Rank: Sergeant.
    Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
    Service Number: 2718865 [2719865].
    Date of Capture: [unspecified].
    Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
    Camp Name/Number: Stalag IVB Muhlberg.
    PoW number: 278355.
    Date of Death: [unspecified].
    Number of Photographs: 0.
    Number of Fingerprints: 0.
    Number of X-rays: 0.
    Number of Cards: 3.
    Date: [1939-1945]
     
    Last edited: Jun 13, 2025

Share This Page