Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Cooke
Initials:   S.T.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  14251494
Notes:   CMP. Enlisted in the General Service Corps, transferred to CMP. He was born and resided in Coventry. 110 Pro Coy War Diary WO 171/7822. 5/4/1945 Kellen, Ladbergen and Schmedehause bridge, L/Cpl Cooke, 8 Section was killed in an accident on the canal bridge at GR 960026. Casualty List not found. No inscription on gravestone. Sidney Thomas Cook. Police Review, 11/5/1945, page 231. Roll of honour. Formerly a member of the Coventry City Force, L/Cpl Sidney Thomas Cooke, of the Military Police has been killed in North West Europe.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 5th April 1945
Company: 110 PRO COY
Cemetery: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY   GERMANY
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