Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: McBride
Initials:   W.G.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  14217683
Notes:   CMP. 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy.; He was born in Antrim and resided in Belfast. Casualty List 1344, Italy, Killed in Action, 21/12/1943. Book Pegasus Patrol, page 48, Vehicle his by shell also killing L/Cpl Cook and Lt. Woods. Inscription on gravestone: Greater love hat no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. William George McBride.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 21st December 1943
Company: 1 AIRBORNE DIV PRO
Cemetery: SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY   ITALY
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