Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Hayward
Initials:   W.C.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  310766
Notes:   CMP. Formerly Cavalry of the Line (Lancers), transferred to CMP. 31/5/40 Died. He was born in Dorset and resided in Canterbury. Casualty List 291, BEF France listed as missing, date not reported, name spelt Maywood. Drowned in the sinking of the "Lancastria". Casualty List 455, List 291, BEF, France, Missing, name should read Haywood. Casualty List 481, BEF, France, Died date not reported, shown on previous List 291 (amended by List 455) as Missing. No inscription on gravestone. William Charles Hayward.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 31st May 1940
Company: UNKNOWN
Cemetery: LA COUARDE-SUR-MER COMMUNAL CEMETERY   FRANCE
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