airey_neave | battles | battle_of_france <tsp> airey_neave | activeyearsenddate | 1979-03-30 <tsp> airey_neave | award | order_of_the_british_empire <sep> 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 
airey neave. who was involved in the battle of france. was awarded the order of the british empire and ended his career on 30th march 1979.he was first british prisoner-of-war to escape from oflag iv-c at colditz castle