Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Taylor
Initials:   W.F.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  7688121
Notes:   CMP. 2 Armd Div Pro Coy. He was born in Hastings and resided in London and enlisted in to CMP. Crete Pro Coy War Diary WO 169/1335B. 22/5/1941 Crete HQ received a direct hit from a bomb during a heavy air raid on Caner, L/Cpl W Taylor, L/Cpl Robertson CMP, Sgt Swift RAOC and a Marine driver were killed. Casualty List 560, Crete, Missing, 2/6/1941. Casualty List 803, Crete, Killed in Action, 24/5/1941, shown on List 560 as missing, 2/6/1941. William Frank Taylor.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 24th May 1941
Company: CRETE PRO COY
Cemetery: ATHENS MEMORIAL   GREECE
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