Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Gillett
Initials:   W.R.
Rank:   Corporal
Army No.:  2611750
Notes:   CMP. Enlisted in the Grenadier Guards, transferred to CMP. He was born and resided in Chester. He has no known grave and is named on the Brookwood Memorial, Surrey. Listed as having died at sea on the same day as Sgt. Mills. CMP. Casualty Lists 1148, At Sea, Missing, 1/5/1943. Casualty Lists 1408 Previously reported missing no presumed killed in action, (missing 1/5/1943), previous List 1148. William Richard Gillett.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 1st May 1943
Company: UNKNOWN
Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL   UNITED KINGDOM
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