Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Barnes
Initials:   L.G.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  160275
Notes:   CMP. He was born in Bournemouth and resided in Southampton. He formerly served in the Royal Army Service Corps. War Diary WO 166/13659 HQ CMP Ports. August, Nortons are not in a good state of repair, there have been 3 rather bad skidding accidents with these, one of them fatal L/Cpl Barnes. 19/10/43 PM read Maj Drake's explanation regarding allocation of funds to widow of L/Cpl Barnes and that he now understands that all such grants must be made on the direct vote of the personnel of the Company. 26/7/1943 casualty lists 1191 to 1213 accidentally killed, Home. Leonard Reginald Barnes.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 26th July 1943
Company: UNKNOWN
Cemetery: BOURNEMOUTH (NORTH) CEMETERY   UNITED KINGDOM
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