7043195 Lance-Serjeant Owen REYNOLDS, 1 & 3 Irish Guards: POW

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Army Number: 7043195
Rank: Lance-Serjeant
Name: Owen REYNOLDS
Unit: Royal Irish Fusiliers ; 4 Company 1 Irish Guards ; 3 Irish Guards

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Date of Capture: 21 April 1945
Place of Capture: Germany

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Army Number Block Allocation for Royal Irish Fusiliers = 7040001 - 7075000

 

Army Number: 7043195
Rank: Unpaid Lance-Serjeant
Name: Owen REYNOLDS
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, 500 Local Currency ;
Location as of 2 May 1945: 3rd Bn Irish Guards, BLA

 

3 Irish Guards, captured 21/04/1945, NWE, WO 417

 

See also:

• War Diary: 3rd Battalion IRISH GUARDS, Jan, Feb, April, 1945
• 21 April 1945
• A strong counter-attack, which was subsequently proved to have been made by the 2 Battalions of 104 Panzer Grenadier Regiment (15 Panzer Grenadier Division), was launched, supporte by Artillery, Mortars, and Self-Propelled guns, on to the area ELSDORF-WISTEDT shortly after first light. The situation was serious for a time, as a Platoon and Troop occupying WISTEDT were surrounded and cut off from the main body. Only one tank with the Tank Commander and Platoon Commander with 4 men managed to get back to the Company area. Elsewhere in spite of bitter fighting and heavy shelling on our forward areas, the enemy attack had been beaten off by midday. Another Coy/ Squadron Group moved to FRANKENBOSTEL and Battalion HQ to RUSPEL. At about dusk 16 bombs were dropped on ELSDORF fortunately causing very few casualties. The firing of Verey lights from the ground seemed to be co-ordinated in the tactical picture, but it was not followed by any counter-attack.