Corps of Military Police

Cap Badge of the Corps of Military Police (King George VI)
Soldier Details:
Surname: Adams
Initials:   C.R.
Rank:   Private
Army No.:  5830001
Notes:   ACC attached CMP. Formerly served in the Suffolk Regiment, transferred to ACC attached to 640 Independent Pro Unit, 640 Ind Pro Unit War Diary WO 169/13287. 3/9/1943 Reggio Calabria, 16.00hrs Provost area dive bombed, bomb explosion near cookhouse, RSM Innes, Cpl Peeke, L/Cpl Butler and Pte Adams very6 seriously injured and conveyed to RAP where L/Cpl Butler and Pte Adams Died. 17.30hrs RSM Innes Died, 17.34hrs Cpl Peek died. Casualty List 1247, Italy, Killed in Action, attached CMP, 3/9/1943 Inscription on gravestone: Time will not darken nor shadow dim the beautiful memories I have of you, Mother Cecil Robert Adams.

Casualty Details:
Date Killed: 3rd September 1944
Company: 640 IND PRO UNIT
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY   ITALY
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