Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George V)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Hartill
Initials:   E.
Rank:   Corporal
Army No.:  P/8396
Notes:   MMP. He was born in Sheppy, enlisted in Stafford and resided in Derby. Died, Maidstone Hospital, Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Formerly Staffordshire Yeomanry, No. 2015, 2 Brigade. Died Leybourne, Kent, formerly of Sheppy Magna. Inscription on gravestone which has a broken cross: In loving memory of Corporal Ernest (MMP) beloved husband of Bertha Hartill, who died June 9th 1917, age 35 years, Thy will be done. Info from Pension Index Cards:- 37. Hartill, Bertha, 229 Stafford Street, Burton on Trent, P/8396, A/Cpl, Ernest Hartill, MMP. Also:- Hartill, Ernest, P/8396, MMP, A/Cpl, DIED 9/6/17 from heart failure on active service, Widow: Bertha, 229 Stafford Street, Burton on Trent, MA.7005, 11/7/17 widow awarded £3 grant, Child, Francis Joyce Annie, born 30/6/16, 10/12/17 widow awarded 18/9, 20/- pension. PI extended 14/1/18 to increase pension by 1/3 oer weej frin 10/12/17 in resepct of soldiers rank. Ernest Hartill.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 9th June 1917
Company: MMP
Cemetery: SHEPPY MAGNA (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD   UNITED KINGDOM
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