Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Hookway
Initials:   E.J.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  5620384
Notes:   CMP. 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy. He was born and resided in Devon and formerly served in the Devonshire Regiment. Killed whilst descending at Arnhem (Pegasus Patrol, page 124) Inscription on gravestone: From sky to earth for liberty fell, he won his angel wings, farewell. Casualty List 1579, 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy, missing believed POW, 25/9/1944. Killed in Action. Ernest John Hookway.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 18th September 1944
Company: 1 AIRBORNE DIV PRO
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY   NETHERLANDS
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