Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Sweet
Initials:   H.G.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  7683692
Notes:   CMP. He was born in Dorset and resided in Bristol and enlisted in to CMP.. He returned from Dunkirk and was on the gate of Frome Market which was a reporting centre for 3 Division when a coach carrying troops crushed him against a wall, he died a few days later. (Info Tyler, card index). Inscription on gravestone: T'is sad but true, we know not why, the best are always the first to die. Casualty List 241, Home, Died as a result of an accident, 8/6/1940. Harry George Sweet.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 8th June 1940
Company: 3 DIV PRO COY
Cemetery: BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY   UNITED KINGDOM
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