Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Chaplin
Initials:   J.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  7689517
Notes:   CMP. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and resided in Surrey. Inscription on gravestone: There name liveth for evermore. Unit War Diary 111 Pro Coy, WO 166/5910: 16 August 41 L/Cpl Chaplin died at Memorial Hospital Darlington after a road accident. 16/8/41 L/Cpl Chaplin buried at West Cemetery, Darlington. Casualty List 600, Home, died as a result of an accident, 16/8/1941, rank U/L/Cpl. Casualty List 610, Home, died as a result of an accident, rank should read L/Cpl, CL 610/11. John Chaplin

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 16th August 1941
Company: 111 PRO COY
Cemetery: DARLINGTON WEST CEMETERY   UNITED KINGDOM
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