| Notes: | Provost Officer. Worcestershire Regiment. Formerly Grenadier Guards. 2/10/42 Discharged to Commission. London Gazette 35767, page 4748, 3/11/42. The undermentioned cadets to be 2/Lt's. 24/10/42. Worcestershire Regiment. 2613041 George Hayton (247195). He was born in Birkenhead and resided in Denbighshire. Shown as DAPM in CWGC details. He died in an explosion at the Plaza Hotel, Brussels when a booby-trap left by the Germans exploded. Maj. Wright of the REME was also killed. 19/7/43 serving with 641 Ind Mobile Pro Coy, Italy. Inscription on gravestone: Worcestershire Regiment and Corps of Military Police. Into the mosaic of victory we lay a precious piece. By beloved Alex, Mol and Alec. 14/9/1944 Casualty List (Officers) 1559, North West Europe, Killed in Action.
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