Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Jones
Initials:   R.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  7375753
Notes:   CMP. 231 Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps. 25/7/41 Transferred to CMP. KIA 8/9/43. He was born and resided in Walsall. Unit War Diary 231 Pro Coy, CMP (also know as 4 Armd Bde Pro Unit) WO 169/8864. Port St Venere, Messina, 8/9/43 L/Cpl Jones R. CM Police killed in ship landing. Casualty List 1249, Italy, Killed in action, 8/9/1943. Inscription on gravestone: In loving memory of my Husband Roland, deep in my heart your memory kept. Roland Jones.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 8th September 1943
Company: 231 PRO UNIT
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY   ITALY
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