Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Parker
Initials:   J.S.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  7691848
Notes:   CMP. He was born in Wakefield and resided in Barnsley, enlisted in to CMP. Unit War Diary WO 170/396 1 Div Pro Coy: Injured when AP bombs fell on Div HQ on 17 Mar 44: L/Cpl Addy and Clapham died, L/Cpl Parker died of wounds received on 17th. Casualty List 1410, Italy, Died of Wounds, 17/3/1944. Inscription on gravestone: In loving memory of John, beloved husband of Dorothy, in Christ shall all be made alive. John Sykes Parker.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 17th March 1944
Company: 1 DIV PRO COY
Cemetery: BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY ANZIO   ITALY
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