Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Stone
Initials:   C.J.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  990005
Notes:   CMP. 15/8/1940 enlisted Royal Artillery, transferred to CMP. 6/12/1943 Died. He was born in London N and resided in London EC. 3 Indian Armd Div Pro Coy War Diary WO 169/13206, CMP Base Depot & Training School, Almaza. 6/12/1943 Almaza, Cairo. 990055 Lance Bombadier C J Stone LAA RA attached 31 Indian Armoured Division Pro Coy met with a fatal accident whilst under MT instruction and died en route to 63 General Hospital. 7/12/1943 buried with full military honours in grave 4, plot 5, row A, in Heliopolis Military Cemetery. Inscription on gravestone: To my dear husband whose memory I dearly cherish. Gravestone has Royal Artillery Badge. Charles John Stone.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 6th December 1943
Company: 31 INDIAN ARMD DIV PRO COY
Cemetery: HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY   EGYPT
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