Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Woolterton
Initials:   R.S.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  5778073
Notes:   CMP. 56 Div Pro Coy. 13/6/40 enlisted in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, 25/1/41 transferred to CMP. 8/6/43 Died. He was born and resided in Norfolk. Unit War Diary 56 (London) Division Pro Coy, WO 169/8825: 8/6/1943, Tripoli, 5778073 L/Cpl Woolterton R S, killed by drowning. Casualty List 1265, Corrections List 1172, Middle East, Died should read Died result of accident. No inscription on gravestone. Ronald Stanley Woolterton.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 8th June 1943
Company: 56 DIV PRO COY
Cemetery: TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY   LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
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