Researching Airey Neave
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Records of Airey Neave on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Airey Neave and the Neave Family Tree
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1488 people with the Neave surname in the UK? Neave is now ranked number 2696 for popularity in the UK. |
Neave Genealogy Databases
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Airey Neave. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Airey Neave
Airey Neave
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 World War II 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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