Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George V)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Routledge
Initials:   C.A.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  P/2646
Notes:   MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (3) Egypt, 6/3/1916 to 6/7/1918. He was born in Faceby, Yorkshire, enlisted in Richmond and resided in Brompton on Swale. Died. Inscription on gravestone: Safe in the arms of Jesus. Shown as having died in Salonika in soldiers died. Information from Service record: Embarked Liverpool 11/3/1916, arrived Corfu 27/3/1917, proceeded to British Mission with the Royal Serbian Army Salonika, 6/5/1917 admitted to hospital with Gonorrhoea, 6/11/1917 embarked for Corfu, attached to British Military Hospital. Court of enquiry in records state he came out of the rear of his tented accommodation and fell over a cliff into the sea and drowned. His unit was based in the Citadel, Corfu at the time. Address of Father: The Mill, Faceby, Northallerton, Yorkshire. Accidentally drowned in Corfu, Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Accidentally drowned in Corfu. 29/8/1918 father Robert received £29-10-18.and 31/12/1919 a further £12. Info from 2 x Pension Index Cards: Routledge Charles Allison, No. P/2646, MFP. Dependant Mary Adelaide Routledge, address: Jutland Villa Faceby, Stokesley, mother. Charles Allison Routledge.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 6th July 1918
Company: MFP
Cemetery: CORFU BRITISH CEMETERY   GREECE
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