| Notes: | RMP. Died 3/12/1951. Cause of death unknown. Age 19. Fayid, Egypt. Buried Sect 13X, Grave B1. Born 23/8/1932. Michael Roland Foxwell.
Extract from the Dundee Courier, 4/12/1951. New Suez Flare Up. Major missing after ambush. Troops clash with Egyptian Police.
Six Mauritians were killed, one British major is missing presumed killed, and one Royal Engineer is missing after an ambush of military vehicles outside the town of Suez yesterday.
A clash developed between civil police and British troops in the same area, and a number of Egyptians were killed. A British soldier was wounded.
In a third incident a British Military policeman was shot in the back and killed.
Shot in Back. The firing in this incident was heard by the Assistant Provost Marshal of Suez who was returning from the British Consulate with an escort of Royal Military Police. He stopped his car to speak to an Egyptian police officer. An Egyptian policeman then deliberately shot a Royal Military Policeman in the back.
16 Egyptians including two policemen were killed in the clashes with the troops. Sixty Eight Egyptians were wounded including 13 police. |
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