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Irish Guards: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires

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  1. dbf

    dbf Member

    See this link for sortable table, which also includes dates of capture and any TNA links where known.
    Irish Guards: Prisoners of War - WWII Open Resource Group

    | The National Archives

    My thanks to AndyBaldEagle for his splendid help.

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    Irish Guards, POW Liberation Reports | WW2Talk

    See also
    Irish Guards: Prisoners of War
    Irish Guards: Escapers & Evaders
    1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
     
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  2. dbf

    dbf Member

    Please note that this is not a complete list of Liberation questionnaires held at TNA Kew for Irish Guards. I hope to be able to add more when possible. If you cannot find someone on the list below this does not mean that there is not a report.

    INDEX - ALPHABETICAL

    IRISH GUARDS

    1. 2722386 Lance-Corporal Percival Robert ABBOTT, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards: PoW DOB 22 Feb 1908 Enlisted 29 Aug 1940 Captured 2 April 1945 Bentheim, Germany
    2. 2719762 Guardsman David ABEL, 2 Irish Guards: PoW DOB 6 July 1919 Enlisted 29 December 1939 Captured 23 May 1940 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
    3. 2719389 Guardsman Leonard ADAMS, 1 Irish Guards: PoW DOB 20 July 1914 Enlisted 17 October 1939 Captured 10 February 1944 Anzio, Italy
    4. 2718929 Guardsman Hugh Andrew AGNEW, 1 Irish Guards: PoW DOB 17 Apr 1917 Enlisted June 1937 Captured 23 May 1940 Norway
    5. 2723255 Guardsman Jack ALLEN, 2 Irish Guards: PoW DOB 22 November 1923 Enlisted 15 April 1942 Captured 21 April 1945
    6. 2719442 Lance-Corporal John Thomas ALLEN, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 5 February 1944
    7. 2719156 Guardsman David W ANDERSON, 1 Irish Guards: PoW DOB 26 April 1917 Enlisted 4 July 1939 Captured Anzio 10 February 1944
    8. 2719589 Guardsman George Alfred ANDREWS, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Tunisia, 15 March 1943
    9. 2718750 Lance-Serjeant Samuel AULDS, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 22 February 1944 - WO 344-11-2
    10. 2721261 Guardsman Frank AYRE, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 4 February 1944 - WO 344-12-2
    11. 2724468 Guardsman Aubrey Randolph BANDY, Irish Guards: PoW Captured Germany, 20 April 1945
    12. 2722673 Guardsman Harold George BEARMAN, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 3 February 1944
    13. 2724272 Guardsman Douglas Stanley BELL, Irish Guards: PoW Captured Germany, 20 April 1945
    14. 2720308 Guardsman Hyman BENJAMIN, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 29 January 1944
    15. 2718015 Lance-Corporal Cecil Wilfred BENSON, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Norway, 26 May 1940
    16. 2719058 Guardsman John BERRY, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured France, 23 May 1940
    17. 2720504 Corporal John William BILLAM, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 26 January 1944
    18. 2718222 Guardsman William Henry BLACKBURN, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured Holland, 17 May 1940
    19. 2719090 Guardsman Arthur BLAYMIRE, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 26 January 1944
    20. 2719377 Guardsman William BLYTHING, 2 Irish Guards: POW DOB 21 April 1912 Enlisted 16 October 1939 Captured 23 May 1940
    21. 2717151 Christopher BOLAND, 1 Irish Guards Captured Anzio, Italy, 9 February 1944
    22. 2720614 Guardsman Eric BRADLEY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 10 February 1944
    23. 2723545 Guardsman William BRAZIL, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 22 February 1944
    24. 2720885 Lance-Corporal James BRESLIN, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Anzio Italy, 22 February 1944
    25. 2722336 Guardsman William BROCKLEHURST, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Anzio, Italy, 8 February 1944
    26. 2719880 Guardsman Joseph BUCHANAN, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Boulogne, 24 May 1940
    27. 2720576 Guardsman James Thomas BUCKLEY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Anzio, Italy, 1944
    28. 2719971 Guardsman P BURKE, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Anzio, Italy, 4 February 1944
    29. 2719823 Guardsman Douglas BURNELL, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Boulogne, France 23 May 1940
    30. 2719297 Guardsman James BURNS, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 4 February 1944
    31. 2720248 Guardsman Reginald BUTTERWORTH, 2 Irish Guards: Liberated POW Captured Germany, 2 April 1945
    32. 2717553 Guardsman John BYRNE, Irish Guards: 06/04/1948 Captured Boulogne, France 25 May 1940
    33. 2721363 Lance-Corporal Peter BYRNE, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured North Africa, 31 March 1943
    34. 2722156 Guardsman Michael CAHIR, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Anzio, Italy, 4 February 1944
    35. 2723215 Guardsman John CANNON, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 10 February 1944
    36. 2719825 Guardsman Roy Arthur George CARDWELL, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured France, 24 May 1940
    37. 2721613 Lance-Corporal John CAREY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 10 February 1944
    38. 2723409 Guardsman Joseph CARLISLE, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 3 February 1944
    39. 2719222 Lance-Serjeant Thomas CARROLL, 3 Irish Guards: POW DOB 25 Dec 1920, Enlisted 2 August 1939, Captured Belgium, 14 September 1944
    40. 2721805 Guardsman James Logan CARRUTHERS, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 4 February 1944
    41. 2721208 Guardsman Robert CARSON, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 10 February 1944
    42. 2718438 Corporal John Michael CARTER, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 29 March 1943
    43. 2718617 Guardsman James CASEY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 22 February 1944
    44. 2723311 Guardsman Norman Leslie CASTLE, 1 Irish Guards: POW DOB 5 March 1913, Enlisted April 1942, Captured Italy, 22 February 1944
    45. 2721325 Guardsman George Henry CATLING, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 27 February 1944
    46. 2721162 Lance Serjeant Kieron Dermot CAVENDISH, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 31 March 1943
    47. 2722522 Corporal Frank CHARLTON, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943
    48. 2722898 Guardsman Michael CLEARY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 30 January 1944
    49. 2718853 Lance-Corporal Hugh CLINTON, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 5 February 1944
    50. 2719064 Lance-Corporal Thomas COLLEY, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured Boulogne, 26 May 1940
    51. 2719469 Guardsman John COLLINS, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943
    52. 2718414 Serjeant James Patrick CONNOLLY, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 20 April 1945
    53. 2722789 Guardsman Patrick CONNOLLY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 29 January 1944
    54. 2719079 Guardsman Patrick Joseph CONNOLLY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 2 Feb 1944
    55. 2717532 Guardsman Charles COOKE, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943
    56. 2722361 Guardsman Ben COOKE, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Anzio Italy, 3 February 1944
    57. 2717343 Guardsman Richard COOKE, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 3 February 1944
    58. 2717660 Guardsman George Alphonsus COONAN, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Norway, 25 May 1940
    59. 2719272 Guardsman John COONEY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943
    60. 2719236 Serjeant Alfred George COOPER, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy 5 February 1944
    61. 2718667 Guardsman Patrick Joseph CORR, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 4 February 1944
    62. 2723349 Guardsman Thomas COSGROVE, 3 Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 20 April 1945
    63. 2718992 Lance-Corporal Henry Robert COSTELLO, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 13 March 1943
    64. 2716886 Serjeant Patrick Francis COSTELLO, Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943
    65. 2722372 Guardsman Ronald COULSON, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Anzio, Italy, 3 February 1944
    66. 2721606 Guardsman Bernard Martin COURTNEY, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 10 February 1944
    67. 2722890 Lance-Corporal George William COWLES, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 30 January 1944
    68. 2719192 Guardsman George COX, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 4 February 1944
    69. 2723362 Guardsman Edward CRABB, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 4 February 1944
    70. 2720023 Guardsman William Joseph CRAIK, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured Boulogne, 23 May 1940
    71. 2720466 Lance-Corporal Daniel CRAMSIE, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 20 April 1945
    72. 2719252 Guardsman Robert CRAWFORD, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 22 February 1944
    73. Thomas Malachie CREALLY, Irish Guards
    74. John CRESSWELL, Irish Guards
    75. Harry CROFT, Irish Guards
    76. Alfred Thomas CRUTTENDEN, Irish Guards
    77. John Thomas CURLEY, Irish Guards
    78. 2721211 Lance-Corporal James Albert DAVENPORT, 1 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Italy, 8 February 1944
    79. John DAVIES, Irish Guards
    80. John Patrick DELANEY, 1 Irish Guards
    81. Joseph DIEGNAN, Irish Guards
    82. Eugene F DISKIN, Irish Guards
    83. Daniel McDavitt DOCHERTY, Irish Guards
    84. John Brown DONALDSON, Irish Guards
    85. John Joseph DONOVAN, Irish Guards
    86. Raymond DORAN, Irish Guards
    87. Henry DOUGLAS, 1 Irish Guards
    88. Patrick DOWD, Irish Guards
    89. Denis DOYLE, Irish Guards
    90. James DUCKWORTH, Irish Guards
    91. Joseph Thorne DUNN, Irish Guards
    92. Joseph DUNNE, Irish Guards
    93. Frank Alfred EDE, Irish Guards
    94. Harold EDEN, Irish Guards
    95. Francis EDWARDS, Irish Guards
    96. James Arthur EDWARDS, Irish Guards
    97. Peter EDWARDS, Irish Guards & 2 Commando
    98. Robert Lester ELLAMS, 1 Irish Guards
    99. Ernest Charles ELLEN, Irish Guards
    100. James ELLIOTT, 2 Irish Guards
    101. Sidney Charles ELLIOTT, Irish Guards
    102. Dan ENGLISH, Irish Guards
    103. Henry James ENGLISH, Irish Guards
    104. Patrick ENGLISH, Irish Guards
    105. Peter FALLON, Irish Guards
    106. Henry FARRELL, Irish Guards
    107. Michael FARRELL, Irish Guards
    108. Thomas FARRELL, Irish Guards
    109. Patrick Joseph FARRELLY, Irish Guards
    110. Thomas FARREN, Irish Guards
    111. Michael John FEARON, Irish Guards
    112. John William FERGUSON, Irish Guards
    113. John FERRITER, Irish Guards
    114. Frank FIDLER, Irish Guards
    115. Patrick FITZPATRICK, Irish Guards
    116. Thoma FLANAGAN, Irish Guards
    117. Thomas FLANAGAN, 1 Irish Guards
    118. Thomas FLANNERY, Irish Guards
    119. Thomas FLANNERY, Irish Guards
    120. John FLEMING, Irish Guards
    121. John Patrick FLEMING, Irish Guards
    122. John FLYNN, 2 Irish Guards
    123. Thomas Patrick FOLEY, Irish Guards
    124. Charles FORD, Irish Guards
    125. Herbert Bert FOX, 2 Irish Guards
    126. James FURLONG, 2 Irish Guards
    127. James Joseph FURLONG, 2 Irish Guards
    128. Hugh GALLAGHER, 1 Irish Guards
    129. Joseph GALLAGHER, Irish Guards
    130. 2721365 Lance-Serjeant Thomas Michael GANNON, 3 Irish Guards: Liberated POW Captured Germany 2 April 1945
    131. Robert Harold GAY, 1 Irish Guards
    132. Dermot GIBSON, Irish Guards
    133. Dermot GIBSON, Irish Guards
    134. James GILL, Irish Guards
    135. Michael GILLARD, Irish Guards
    136. Roger GILLEN, Irish Guards
    137. Michael GOLDING, Irish Guards
    138. Arthur Leslie GOODHEAD, Irish Guards
    139. Fred GREENWOOD, 1 Irish Guards
    140. John James GUILFOYLE, Irish Guards
    141. Albert HALLOWS, 1 Irish Guards
    142. Walter Edward HAMMOND, Irish Guards
    143. Benjamin HARTLEY, Irish Guards
    144. 2724542 Guardsman C James HAUGHEY, 3 Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 20 April 1945
    145. John HAYES, Irish Guards
    146. James HENDERSON, Irish Guards
    147. Michael Joseph HOGAN, Irish Guards & Commando
    148. Robert HOLMES, 2 Irish Guards
    149. Richard HOLT, 1 Irish Guards
    150. John Herbert HUCKLE, Irish Guards
    151. Albert HUDSON, Irish Guards
    152. Richard John HUNTER, 1 Irish Guards
    153. Albert Edward HYDE, 1 Irish Guards
    154. Leonard Reginald HYDE, 1 Irish Guards
    155. Dick JEFFERSON, Irish Guards
    156. Herbert JEFFERSON, Irish Guards
    157. Patrick JOYCE, 1 Irish Guards
    158. Edward Joseph KANE, 1 Irish Guards
    159. James Henry KANE, Irish Guards
    160. Thomas KANE, Irish Guards
    161. Henry KEARNEY, Irish Guards
    162. William KEARNEY, Irish Guards
    163. Thomas KEYES, 2 Irish Guards
    164. Arthur KIDD, 1 Irish Guards
    165. Andrew KINNEAR, 2 Irish Guards
    166. James Leslie KINSEY, 1 Irish Guards
    167. Stanley George KIRKMAN, 1 Irish Guards
    168. Willis LACEY, 1 Irish Guards
    169. Anthony Peter LARKIN, Irish Guards
    170. Philip Patrick LARKIN, Irish Guards
    171. Leonard LATHAM, 2 Irish Guards
    172. Henry Thomas William LAWSON, Irish Guards
    173. Edmund LEE, 1 Irish Guards
    174. James LYNAM, 2 Irish Guards
    175. Desmond Thomas Lee LYNCH, 1 Irish Guards
    176. William Henry MADREN, Irish Guards
    177. Michael MAGUIRE, Irish Guards
    178. 2716937 Lance-Serjeant John MAJUREY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 8 February 1944
    179. William Henry MATTHEWS, Irish Guards
    180. Daniel Robert McALLISTER, 1 Irish Guards
    181. Bernard McANENA, Irish Guards
    182. Samuel John McCULLOGH, Irish Guards
    183. Wiliam McGARRY, 1 Irish Guards
    184. William Jams McGRAE, 1 Irish Guards
    185. John McGREAVY, 1 Irish Guards
    186. Frederick McILWAINE, Irish Guards
    187. James McINTYRE, 1 Irish Guards
    188. David McKAY, 2 Irish Guards
    189. James McKEOWN, 1 Irish Guards
    190. 2718724 Guardsman John McLOUGHLIN, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Anzio, 10 February 1944
    191. 2721197 Guardsman Cuthbert McMANUS, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 4 February 1944
    192. 2719321 Guardsman William J McMURRAY, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, 25 May 1940
    193. 2720787 Guardsman Gordon McNALLY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 6 February 1944
    194. 2717937 Serjeant Terence McNAMARA, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, 25 May 1940
    195. 2720981 Guardsman Patrick McNICHOLAS, 1 Irish Guards: POW DOB 10 April 1920, Enlisted 14 May 1940, Captured Italy, 26 Jan 1944
    196. 2719116 Guardsman James McQUEEN, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, 23 May 1940
    197. 2721036 Guardsman Thomas MEAD, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 22 February 1944
    198. 2723173 Guardsman Albert James Francis MELVILLE, 2 Irish Guards: Liberated POW Captured Germany, 2 April 1945
    199. Harold MILLER, Irish Guards
    200. William MITCHELL, Irish Guards
    201. 2722899 Guardsman Lawrence Lewis MOLLOY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy 4 February 1944
    202. John MOORE, Irish Guards
    203. Sidney MORELY, Irish Guards
    204. George Thomas MOTTRAM, Irish Guards
    205. 2718524 Guardsman Peter Columbus MULLAN, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 2/3 February 1944
    206. 2719900 Guardsman John Roland MULLIN, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, 25 May 1940
    207. 2721435 Guardsman Eric Sidney Lewis MUNT, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 10 February 1944
    208. 2723609 Guardsman Daniel MURPHY, Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 2 April 1945
    209. 2718999 Guardsman Francis MURPHY, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured France, May 1940
    210. 2719661 Corporal James MURPHY, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943
    211. 2720422 Guardsman James MURPHY, Irish Guards: POW Captured Germany, 1945
    212. 2718657 Lance Serjeant John MURPHY, 2 Irish Guards: POW Captured France, May 1940
    213. 2719007 Lance-Corporal John MURPHY, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 22 February 1944
    214. 4977315 Serjeant William MUSGROVE, MiD, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 5 February 1944
    215. 2721488 Lance-Serjeant Cyril Cobbe MYLES, 1 Irish Guards: POW DOB 19 November 1920, Enlisted 20 June 1940, Captured Tunisia, 31 March 1943
    216. Christopher NAISBITT, Irish Guards
    217. John Lawrence NEARY, Irish Guards
    218. John Francis NEVIN, 1 Irish Guards
    219. 2720404 Guardsman Frank NICHOL, 2 Irish Guards: PoW Captured Germany, 2 April 1945
    220. Andrew NOONAN, 1 Irish Guards
    221. Francis O'BRIEN, Irish Guards
    222. John O'BRIEN, Irish Guards
    223. James O'HAGAN, 2 Irish Guards
    224. Alan William O'LEARY, 2 Irish Guards
    225. Denis Bernard O'LEARY, 1 Irish Guards
    226. Hamilton Joseph Keyes O'MALLEY, Irish Guards attached Glider Pilot Regiment
    227. Peter O'NEILL, 2 Irish Guards
    228. Thomas Anthony O'NEILL, 1 Irish Guards
    229. Norman Frederick Kitchener PALLISTER, 1 Irish Guards
    230. Ernest PANTLING, 1 Irish Guards
    231. Ralph PERKINS, Irish Guards
    232. Cyril John PETCHEY, 1 Irish Guards
    233. Patrick Denis George PHELAN, Irish Guards
    234. Herbert Joseph PINCHBECK, 2 Irish Guards
    235. Gilbert James PRITCHARD, 2 Irish Guards
    236. Francis Michael QUALTER, 1 Irish Guards
    237. Michael QUINN, Irish Guards
    238. Thomas P QUINN, Irish Guards
    239. John RIGBY, 1 Irish Guards
    240. Louise RIGBY, 2 Irish Guards
    241. Samuel Eric RIPLEY, Irish Guards
    242. Thomas Charles ROBERTS, 2 Irish Guards
    243. John James ROBINSON, 1 Irish Guards
    244. John James ROHMAN,Irish Guards
    245. Peter ROONEY, 1 Irish Guards
    246. Peter ROONEY, 1 Irish Guards
    247. Leslie RUSSON, Irish Guards
    248. George Robert SCOTT, Irish Guards
    249. Thomas SHOREMAN, Irish Guards
    250. William Arthur SIMPSON, Irish Guards
    251. Gordon SLEEP, 1 Irish Guards
    252. Frank Reginald SMALLWOOD, 1 Irish Guards
    253. Charles Gray SMITH, 1 Irish Guards
    254. Joseph SMITH, Irish Guards
    255. Thomas Henry SMITH, 2 Irish Guards
    256. John Henry SMYTH, 2 Irish Guards
    257. John SOLOMON, 1 Irish Guards
    258. Harold SPEAR, 1 Irish Guards
    259. James John SPELMAN, 2 Irish Guards
    260. Leslie William STEAD, Irish Guards
    261. Graham Warrant STEELE, Irish Guards
    262. Harry STIFFEL, Irish Guards
    263. Florence Patrick SULLIVAN, Irish Guards
    264. James Francis SULLIVAN, Irish Guards
    265. Samuel David SWANTON, 1 Irish Guards
    266. 3449266 Guardsman James SWEENEY, 3 Irish Guards: POW DOB 18 April 1920, Enlisted 17 August 1938, Captured Germany, 2 April 1945
    267. John TAGUE, 2 Irish Guards
    268. James THORNBURY, Irish Guards
    269. Arthur THORNE, Irish Guards
    270. James TODD, 2 Irish Guards
    271. David Henry TUCKER, Irish Guards
    272. John Hogg WALDOCK, 2 Irish Guards
    273. Frederick George WALKER, 2 Irish Guards
    274. 156088 Lieutenant Guy Melmoth WALTERS, 1 Irish Guards: POW
    275. John WANE, 1 Irish Guards
    276. Thomas Freckerick WARBRICK, 1 Irish Guards
    277. Michael WARD, Irish Guards
    278. William WASHINGTON, Irish Guards
    279. Robert WELDON, Irish Guards
    280. Clarence John WELSBY, 2 Irish Guards
    281. John WHITMORE - 1 Irish Guards
    282. William Alfred George WHITNEY, 1 Irish Guards
    283. Ronald WHITTLE, 1 Irish Guards
    284. Peter William WHITTON, 2 Irish Guards
    285. Barnard Frederick John WILD, 2 Irish Guards
    286. Charles Fredrick WILKINS, 1 Irish Guards
    287. Stanley WILKINSON, 1 Irish Guards
    288. Frank WILLETT, 2 Irish Guards
    289. 2722608 Guardsman John Henry WILLIAMS, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 8 February 1944
    290. 2718464 Guardsman John Joseph WOODS, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Italy, 22 February 1944
    291. 2720232 Guardsman James Henry WOODWARD, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Anzio, Italy, 4 February 1944
    292. 2721307 Lance-Corporal James Dennis WORKMAN, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Aprilia, Italy, 30 January 1944
    293. 2722919 Guardsman Francis James WORTHINGTON, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Tunisia, 30 March 1943
    294. 2721675 Guardsman Ralph WRIGHT, 1 Irish Guards: POW Captured Aprilia Italy, 10 February 1944
     
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  3. dbf

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    (Mentioned as escape companions)


    IRISH GUARDS
    1. FITZPATRICK, Guardsman, 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS, POW Italy, See 2718667 Patrick Joseph CORR, 1 Irish Guards
    2. 2721365 Lance-Serjeant Thomas Michael GANNON, 3 Irish Guards: Liberated POW, See 2723609 Daniel MURPHY, Irish Guards
    3. McCOMISH, Samuel, Serjeant, 2nd Armoured Battalion IRISH GUARDS, POW Germany, See 2723609 Daniel MURPHY, Irish Guards
    4. MORRIS, Seamus, Guardsman, IRISH GUARDS, POW Germany, See
      2723609 Daniel MURPHY, Irish Guards


    WELSH GUARDS
    1. EDWARDS, Guardsman, WELSH GUARDS, POW BEF 1940, See 2719064 Thomas COLLEY, 2 Irish Guards
     
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  4. Bernard85

    Bernard85 WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    good afternoon dbf.march,02. 2013 02:42pm.re:irish guards liberated prisoners of war interrogation.i have looked over some of the reports you have posted,i am just posting this reply to say you are doing an amazing job,it must take hours out of your days,its a credit to you.you are like others like you,the historians of our day.thank you and others for your dedication.thank you for posting regards bernard85
     
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  5. dbf

    dbf Member

    Thanks Bernard,
    It's always great to get feedback. These are down to other kind forum members who copied them while doing their own research at Kew: the majority coming from just one generous person. I suspect typing them up took less effort than the photographing, copying to disk, etc.
     
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  6. dbf

    dbf Member

    All links in index now fixed
     
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