Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Wood
Initials:   J.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  1144420
Notes:   CMP. TC. He was born in Bradford and resided in Lancashire and formerly served in the Royal Artillery. 27/11/44 killed when a V2 Rocket fell outside the Company Information Post in the Keyserlei, the main street in Antwerp. Killed with Pte Colley of the same unit. Unit War Diary WO 171/3368. Inscription on gravestone: We loved him in life, let us not forget him in death, his beloved ones. Casualty List 1625 North West Europe, killed in action,27/11/1944. James Wood.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 27th November 1944
Company: 73 TC COY
Cemetery: SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY ANTWERPEN   BELGIUM
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