IRWIN, Thomas

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Leicestershire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
7885134
P.O.W. number: 
1219
Born: 
Thursday, April 13, 1916
Birthplace: 
Askam in Furness, Cumbria
Private Thomas Irwin, 'D' Bn., Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4A).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/192/335 (Stalag 3D).
 
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