Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Olley
Initials:   K.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  7688357
Notes:   CMP. He was born in London N and resided in Essex. 156 Div Pro Coy War Diary WO 166/728. 3/5/1941 L/Cpl Olley killed by beach mine at Littlestone-on-Sea, (Kent), while on foot patrol and L/Cpl Priestley accompanying him sustained a fractured Skull and admitted to No7 Casualty Clearing Station, Benenden. Inscription on gravestone: My loving husband Kenneth, died serving his country, never to be forgotten by his wife and children. Casualty List 519, Home, Killed in Action, 13/5/1941. Kenneth Olley.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 13th May 1941
Company: 56 DIV PRO COY
Cemetery: KENNINGTON (ST MARY) NEW CHURCHYARD   UNITED KINGDOM
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