Airey Neave, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Airey Neave

British politician

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1916

Place of Birth: Knightsbridge, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1979

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, (23 January 1916 – 30 March 1979) was a British soldier, lawyer and Member of Parliament. 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 Member of Parliament for Abingdon. Neave was assassinated in 1979 in a car bomb attack at the House of Commons.
The Irish National Liberation Army claimed responsibility.