Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Russell
Initials:   H.F.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  4541316
Notes:   CMP. He was born and resided in Leeds and formerly served in the West Yorkshire Regiment. 46 Div Pro Coy War Diary WO 170/4366. 15/2/1945 Graz, fatal traffic accident, L/Cpl Russel, CMP killed, 1 Regimental policeman and 3 other soldiers injured. Casualty List 1946, Austria, Died Result of Accident, 15/12/1945. Inscription on gravestone: In loving memory, a darling husband and son, ever in our thoughts, wife Nicky, Mum & Dad. Herbert Frederick Russell.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 15th December 1945
Company: 46 DIV PRO COY
Cemetery: KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY   AUSTRIA
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