Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Boyes
Initials:   C.C.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  6085056
Notes:   CMP. He was born in Eastbourne and resided in Brighton and formerly served in the West Surrey Regiment. 56 Div Pro Coy War Diary WO 170/494. 10/9/1944 L/Cpl's Crouch and Boyes received shrapnel wounds at T junction immediately in front of Company HW's previous location. Company billet severely damaged by shellfire. No trace can be found of L/Cpl Boyes motorcycle or Thompson sub machine gun which disappeared when he was seriously injured and evacuated to hospital. Casualty List 1560, Italy, Died of Wounds, 9/9/1944.14/9/1944. Inscription on gravestone: The Lord thought it best and called him home to rest. Charles Cecil Boyes.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 14th September 1944
Company: 56 DIV PRO COY
Cemetery: GRADARA WAR CEMETERY   ITALY
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