Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Callaway
Initials:   H.L.
Rank:   Sergeant
Army No.:  992063
Notes:   CMP. 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Royal Artillery (Field, Coast & AA). 1/2/41 transferred to CMP. 19/9/44 Killed in Action. He was born in Portsmouth and resided in London NW. His name is spelt Gallaway in Croziers Roll of Honour. Took part in the Sicily Landings. He was killed in Arnhem Police Station. (See Pegasus Patrol, page 82). Inscription on gravestone: Everlasting remembrance of a dearly loved husband and daddy, rest in peace beloved. See report in Unit War Diary 1 Airborne Division Pro Coy, WO 169/8675 from Sgt Callaway (name spelt Calloway) regarding landings in Sicily. Casualty report 1222, Sicily missing, 24/7/1943. Casualty List 1235, now not missing, 1222, 24/7/1943. Casualty List 1578, North West Europe, missing believed POW, 25/9/1944, 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy. 19-21/9/944. Casualty Lists 1853, Western Europe, Previously reported missing believed prisoner of war 25/9/1944 now presumed killed in action. 19/9/1944 Killed in Action. Henry Louis Callaway.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 19th September 1944
Company: 1 AIRBORNE DIV PRO
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY   NETHERLANDS
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