Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Dawson
Initials:   W.R.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  4277714
Notes:   CMP. 245 (Beach) Pro Coy. He was born ind resided in Northumberland and formerly served in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Unit War Diary WO 171/3390. 10/6/44 04.00 L/Cpl Baker wounded and evacuated to UK, L/Cpl Dawson killed by bombs. No inscription on gravestone. Casualty List 1488, North West Europe 1488, Killed in Action, 10/6/1944. Walter Robson Dawson.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 10th June 1944
Company: 245 PRO COY
Cemetery: HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY   FRANCE
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