Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Riding
Initials:   R.T.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  553801
Notes:   CMP. Enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps, transferred to CMP. 22/5/40 Died. He was born in Southport and resided in Liverpool. Inscription on gravestone: God' greatest gift remembrance. Casualty Lists 261, BEF, France, Killed in Action, 22/5/1940. Robert Thomas Riding. Extract from the Liverpool Evening Express, 29/6/1940. Roll of Honour. L/Cpl Robert Riding, age 28, of the Corps of Military Police was killed when struck by a bomb splinter in France on May 22. He is married to Christina. Before the war Riding served with the Army for seven years in India. Mrs Riding is living with her mother in Botanic Road, Southport.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 22nd May 1940
Company: UNKNOWN
Cemetery: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY   FRANCE
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