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  • Airey Neave
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  • Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, DSO, OBE, MC (23 January 1916 – 30 March 1979) was a British soldier, barrister and politician. During World War II, Neave was one of the few servicemen to escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle. He later became Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Abingdon. Neave was assassinated in 1979 in a car-bomb attack at the House of Commons. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) claimed responsibility.
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Office
Leader
Unit
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honorific suffix
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term start
  • 1974
  • 1953-06-30
Birth Date
  • 1916-01-23
constituency MP
  • Abingdon
Branch
death place
  • Westminster Hospital, London
preceded
Spouse
Succeeded
Alma mater
  • Merton College, Oxford
Party
  • Conservative
Birth Place
  • Knightsbridge, London
Title
  • Member of Parliament for Abingdon
Awards
term end
  • 1979-03-30
death date
  • 1979-03-30
Rank
  • Major
Allegiance
  • United Kingdom
Battles
Successor
Before
Years
  • 1953
After
Profession
Birthname
  • Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave
Nationality
  • British
Predecessor
abstract
  • Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, DSO, OBE, MC (23 January 1916 – 30 March 1979) was a British soldier, barrister and politician. During World War II, Neave was one of the few servicemen to escape from the German prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle. He later became Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Abingdon. Neave was assassinated in 1979 in a car-bomb attack at the House of Commons. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) claimed responsibility.