Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Roberts
Initials:   A.
Rank:   Sergeant
Army No.:  13045871
Notes:   CMP. 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy. Enlisted in the Pioneer Corps and Kings Own Royal Regiment. 19/1/41 Transferred to CMP. Casualty List 1578, North West Europe, missing believed POW, 25/9/1944, 1 Airborne Div Pro Coy. Casualty List 1823, Western Europe, reported missing believed POW, 25/9/1944 now presumed killed in action, 22/23/9/44. He was born and resided in Flintshire He was killed by tank machine gun fire in the woods beside Valenburgglaan, Arnhem. (Pegasus Patrol page 100). No inscription on gravestone. Austin Roberts.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 22nd September 1944
Company: 1 AIRBORNE DIV PRO
Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY   NETHERLANDS
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