Corps of Military Police
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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