2720169 or 2720179 Guardsman Leslie STEAD, 1 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 1940

Army Number: 2720179
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Leslie STEAD
Unit: 1 Irish Guards

Date of Birth: 19 May 1917
Place of Birth: Pudsey, Yorkshire

Date of Capture: 4 February 1944
Place of Capture: Italy

POW Number: 86873
POW Camps: Stalag VIIIC, Stalag VIIIA

 

Army Number: 2720169
Rank: Guardsman
Name: LW STEAD
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
Repatriated POW ;
Location as of 14 May 1945: 8 Church Lane, Pudsey, Yorks

 

Army Number: 2720169
Rank: Guardsman
Name: L STEAD
Unit: Irish Guards
Theatre:
POW Number: 86873
Date of Capture:
Place of Capture:
Camp: Stalag VIIIA

 

Name: Leslie Stead . Date of Birth: 19/05/1917 . Place of Birth: Pudsey, Yorkshire . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/343/389
Name: Leslie Stead.
Date of Birth: 19/05/1917.
Place of Birth: Pudsey, Yorkshire.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Guardsman.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [The Irish Guards].
Service Number: 2720179.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIIC Sagan.
PoW number: 86873.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]