Date of Enlistment: Army Number: 2732629 Rank: Lance-Corporal Name: Sidney KIRWAN Unit: 2 Welsh Guards Date of Birth: 05 March 1910 Place of Birth: Swansea POW Number: 3874 [or 2232] POW Camps: Stalag XXIB, Stalag 383, Stalag VIIIB Date of Capture: 24 May 1940 Place of Capture: Boulogne, France
Name: Sidney Kirwan . Date of Birth: 05/03/1910 . Place of Birth: Swansea . Service:... | The National Archives Reference: WO 416/211/231 Name: Sidney Kirwan. Date of Birth: 05/03/1910. Place of Birth: Swansea. Service: British Army. Rank: Lance Corporal. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Welsh Guards. Service Number: [unspecified]. Date of Capture: 24/05/1940. Theatre of Capture: Boulogne. Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXIB Schubin. PoW number: 3874. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 0. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 1. Date: [1939-1945]
See also: Welsh Guards Missing Personnel, BEF | WW2Talk 2732699 Lance-Corporal Charles James TAYLOR, 2 Welsh Guards: POW "Also myself and L/Cpl KIRWIN of my regiment were grossly mishandled and all decent clothing and boots we had taken from us and then sent back to the 21B STALAG. We reported the when we interviewed the senior British Medical Officer."