Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Humphreys
Initials:   J.H.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  3645833
Notes:   CMP. Enlisted in the South Lancashire Regiment, transferred to CMP. 22/11/42 Died. He was born in Shropshire and resided in Manchester. Inscription on gravestone: He trod the path of duty right unto the end. Always Remembered. Casualty List 998, Malta, Died as a result of an accident., 22/11/1942. James Henry Humphreys. Extract from the Manchester Evening News. 4/12/42. 36 MONTHS' BOMBS : NOW ROAD VICTIM. After having survived the almost daily bombing of Malta during the past three years. Lance Corporal James Henry Humphreys (42) Corps of Military Police of Rodney Street, Mossley, is officially reported to have been killed in a road accident in Malta on November 22. Lance Corporal Humphreys fought in the last war as a Lance Sergeant in the South Lancashire Regiment.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 22nd November 1942
Company: 226 PRO COY
Cemetery: IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY   MALTA
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