2719913 Guardsman Clarence John WELSBY, 2 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 15 January 1940
Army Number: 2719913
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Clarence John WELSBY
Unit: 2 Irish Guards


Date of Birth: 5 October 1917
Place of Birth: Prescot, St. Helens
Residence: 28 Bickerstaffe Street, St. Helens, Lancashire, as at 15 May 1945

Date of Capture: 23 May 1940
Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

POW Number: 817
POW Camps: Stalag XXIB, Stalag 344


Date of Death: September 1993
Place of Death: St. Helens, Lancashire

 

Name: [J] Clarence Welsby . Date of Birth: 05/10/1917 . Place of Birth: St Helens . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/385/289
Name: [J] Clarence Welsby.
Date of Birth: 05/10/1917.
Place of Birth: St Helens.
Service: British Army.
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Irish Guards.
Service Number: 2719913.
Date of Capture: 23/05/1940.
Theatre of Capture: Boulogne.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXIB Schubin.
PoW number: 817.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 1.
Number of Fingerprints: 1.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.

 

Clarence John WELSBY
5th October 1917 Prescot, Lancashire - September 1993 St. Helens, Lancashire aged 75
Railway porter residing 28 Bickerstaffe Street, St Helens in 1939 Register