Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Burdes
Initials:   T.N.
Rank:   Captain
Army No.:  100906
Notes:   Provost Officer. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 12/3/1943 attached 50 Div Pro Coy. 9/4/1943 Died. He was born in Sunderland and resided in Yorkshire. War Diary WO 169/8788, 9/4/1942 Lt Burdes, RNF attached 50 Div Pro Coy killed by enemy mine at Map Ref. 100549, Wadi Akarit. Buried by Capt Morris, CF, at the MR, Lt Hunter wounded by same mine and evacuated to 186 Field Ambulance. casualty List (Officers) 1122, Tunisia, Killed in Action, 9/4/1943. Inscription on gravestone: To live in the hearts of those we love in not to die, sadly missed. 9/4/1943 Casualty List 1122 (Officers), Tunisia, Killed in Action. Casualty List 1122, Provost Officer, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 50 Div Pro Coy, Tunisia, KIA, 9/4/1943. Thomas Newrick Burdes.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 9th April 1943
Company: 50 DIV PRO COY
Cemetery: SFAX WAR CEMETERY   TUNISIA
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