AIREY, John
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Gloucestershire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5193361
P.O.W. number:
437
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, July 7, 1922
John Airey enlisted 15 January 1942 aged 19, civil occupation Clerk. He later volunteered for the Commandos. Private Airey, No.3 Commando, was reported missing 7 June 1944 during operations at Normandy later confirmed a prisoner of war. Resided Liverpool after repatriation in 1945.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/78 (1944) and WO417/93 (1945).
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/3/109 (Stalag 12A).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/3/1.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
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