Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Hawkins
Initials:   R.F.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  6406363
Notes:   CMP. 53 (Welch) Div Pro Coy. 20/6/40 enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regiment, 25/1/41 transferred to CMP. 21/7/44 Died. He was born and resided in Oxford. Unit War Diary WO 171/569 21/7/44 7 L/Cpl's (Benjafield, Hazzard, Penson, Harris, Hawkins, Greensreet & Church, killed in action at PW cage. PW cage was bombed by enemy aircraft. Casualty List 1514, North West Europe, Killed in Action, 21/7/1944. Inscription on gravestone: At rest thy will be done. Ronald Frederick Hawkins.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 21st July 1944
Company: 53 DIV PRO COY
Cemetery: BROUAY WAR CEMETERY   FRANCE
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