Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Newby
Initials:   J.T.F.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  5384922
Notes:   CMP. 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry, transferred to 7 Worcestershire Regiment, transferred to CMP. Casualty List 1578, North West Europe, missing believed POW, 25/9/1944, 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy. Casualty List 1665, Western Europe, previously reported missing believed POW 25/9/1944 now reported KIA, 26/9/1944. 26/9/44 Died. He was born in Doncaster and resided in Buckinghamshire. He was killed with Lt Falk of same unit. (Pegasus Patrol page 133). No inscription on gravestone. John Thomas Frederick Newby.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 26th September 1944
Company: 1 AIRBORNE DIV PRO
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY   NETHERLANDS
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