Corps of Military Police
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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