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. Casualty List 1285, Home, accidentally killed, 26/7/1943. Leonard Reginald Barnes.

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