Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
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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