Neave, Airey, 1916-1979
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- Author's They have their exits, 1953.
- Nuremberg, 1978 :jkt. (worked for British War Crimes Executive team at Nuremberg; Opposition Spokesman for Northern Ireland and MP for Abingdon; author of Saturday at MI9, etc.)
- Who was who, 1981(Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, born 23 Jan. 1916, died 30 Mar. 1979)
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Lieutenant Colonel Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, () (23 January 1916 – 30 March 1979) was a British soldier, lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1953 until his assassination in 1979. During the Second World War he was the first British prisoner-of-war to succeed in escaping from Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle, and later worked for MI9. After the war he served with the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg trials. He later became Conservative MP for Abingdon. Neave was assassinated in a car bomb attack at the House of Commons. The Irish National Liberation Army claimed responsibility.
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