Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Lamb
Initials:   R.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  2692167
Notes:   CMP. 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Scots Guards, transferred to CMP. 8/9/43 Died. He was born in West Lothian and resided in Liverpool. He was the pillion passenger on a motorcycle ridden by L/Cpl Canada Young which ran into the back of an Arab cart. Young was uninjured. (Pegasus Patrol, page 46). Casualty List 1298, corrections, List 1271, North Africa, Died should read Died Result of Accident, 8/9/1943. Inscription on gravestone: Husband true, soldier brave, for those he loved his life he gave. Robert Lamb.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 8th September 1943
Company: 1 AIRBORNE DIV PRO
Cemetery: ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY   TUNISIA
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