Corps of Military Police
Soldier Details:
Surname: | Colley | |
Initials:   | R. | |
Rank:   | Private | |
Army No.:  | 4545256 | |
Notes:   | CMP. 75 Coy. TC. He was born and resided in Yorkshire and formerly served in the West Yorkshire Regiment. 27/11/44 killed when a V2 fell outside the Company Information Post in the Keyserlei, the main street in Antwerp. He was killed with L/Cpl Wood of the same unit. War Diary WO 171/3368. Casualty List 1623, Western Europe, Killed in Action, 27/11/1944. Inscription on gravestone: Our hopes, our love, have gone with you. Richard Colley. |
Casualty Details:
Date Killed: | 27th November 1944 |
Company: | 73 TC COY |
Cemetery: | SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY ANTWERPEN   BELGIUM |
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