Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Dormer
Initials:   A.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  7688324
Notes:   CMP. He was born in Yorkshire and resided in Leeds. 2/8/41 Died. War Diary 204 Pro Coy, WO 169/2559. 2/8/41 signal from 2 General hospital, Tel el Kebir, 7688234 L/Cpl Dormer A, CMP 204 Pro Coy died 08.00 hrs from toxic hepatitis. Funeral 16.20 hrs, 2/8/41. Casualty List 594, Egypt, died as result of an accident, 2/8/1941. Inscription on gravestone: Of Pudsey Yorkshire, the only son of Leonard and Isobella and husband of Mabel. Arnold Dormer. Extract from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 11/8/41. Lance Corpora Arnold Dormer (33) Corps of Military Police has died from illness in Egypt, according to information received from his wife, Mrs Dormer, South Parade, Pudsey. In peacetime he was employed as a linotype operator by the Yorkshire Evening Post.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 2nd August 1941
Company: 204 PRO COY
Cemetery: TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY   EGYPT
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