Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Cashmore
Initials:   R.S.
Rank:   Sergeant
Army No.:  6406238
Notes:   CMP. TC. 20/6/40 enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regiment, 25/1/41 transferred to CMO. 13/4/41 Died. He was born in Croydon and resided in Surrey. 13/4/1941 6406208 A/Sgt. Cashmore R S. CMP (TC) died at Horsham Base Hospital as a result of a car accident. "E" Group Traffic Control War Diary, WO 166/5847. Inscription on gravestone: In memory of my dear husband, Robert Samuel Cashmore who passed away April 13th 1941, age 25 years. Oh for the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still. 13/4/1941 Casualty Lists 494, Home, Died as a result of an accident, 13/4/1941. Robert Samuel Cashmore.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 13th April 1941
Company: "E" GROUP TRAFFIC CONTROL
Cemetery: SANDHURST (ST MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD   UNITED KINGDOM
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