Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Thorburn
Initials:   P.G.
Rank:   Lieutenant
Army No.:  268384
Notes:   Provost Officer. General List. He was born and resided in Edinburgh. War Diary WO 170/7088 102 Company TC, Italy. 20/1/45 Injured in traffic accident on the Auto Strada near Pompei with L/Cpl Baker. Dangerously ill at No. 1 RAF General Hospital. 8/2/45 Lt Thorburn, died. 9/2/45 Lt Thorburn's funeral. Death also mentioned in War Diary of 111 Pro Coy, WO 170/7004. 26/6/44 to 49 Company (TC), Italy. No inscription on gravestone. Casualty List (Officers) 1665, Italy, Dangerously ill, 20/1 1945. Casualty List (Officers) 1681, Italy, previously reported dangerously ill, 20/1/1945, now reported died, 8/2/1945. Casualty List (Officers) 1688, Italy, previously reported dangerously ill 20/1/1945 now reported died as a result of an accident, 8/2/1945. Peter Thorburn.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 8th February 1945
Company: 103 TC COY
Cemetery: NAPLES WAR CEMETERY   ITALY
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