2722142 Guardsman Joseph SMITH, 1 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 1940
Army Number: 2722142
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Joseph SMITH
Unit: 1 Irish Guards, 4 Company


Date of Birth: 15 June 1920
Place of Birth: Warrington

Date of Capture: 1944
Place of Capture: Italy

POW Number: 279472
POW Camps: Stalag IVB, Stalag IVA

 

Army Number: 2722142
Rank: Guardsman
Name: J SMITH
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, 300 Local Currency ;
Date of Payment 8 February 1944, 130 Local Currency

 

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17678986
Reference: WO 416/335/193
Name: Joseph Smith.
Date of Birth: 15/06/1920.
Place of Birth: Warrington.
Service: [British Army].
Rank: Guardsman.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Irish Guards].
Service Number: 2722142.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag IVB Muhlberg.
PoW number: 279472.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.