Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Watkins
Initials:   B.
Rank:   Private
Army No.:  5257432
Notes:   CMP. 24 Company, TC. Enlisted in the Worcestershire Regiment, transferred to CMP. 26/5/45 Died. He was born and resided in Birmingham. Unit War Diary 24 TC Company WO 171/7787: 1 Other ranks killed (Pte. Watkins) as a result of accidental firing of a Sten Gun. Casualty List 1711, Western Europe, Died Result of Accident, 26/2/1945. No inscription on gravestone. Bernard Watkins.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 26th February 1945
Company: 24 TC COY
Cemetery: BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY   BELGIUM
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