2722978 Guardsman Samuel David SWANTON, 1 Irish Guards: POW

Date of Enlistment: 11 July 1941
Army Number: 2722978
Rank: Guardsman
Name: Samuel David SWANTON
Unit: 1 Irish Guards, 1 Company


Date of Birth: 21 January 1920
Place of Birth:
Residence: Magherageery, Lisburn, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, as at May 1945

Date of Capture: 22 February 1944
Place of Capture: Anzio, Italy

POW Number: 86980
POW Camps: Stalag VIIC, Stalag VIA, Stalag IVA

 

Army Number: 2722978
Rank: Guardsman
Name: S or T SWANTON
Unit: 1 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, 400 Local Currency
Missing 22 February 1944

 

See also:

• Quarterly Historical Reports: 1st Bn IRISH GUARDS, January 1947 - March 1949