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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Lovell
Initials:W
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/15729
Notes:MMP. Awarded the War and Victory Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 6/5/1916. Formerly Pte. 2/1 Northamptonshire Yeomanry. No. 1375.
National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918, Section XII, Bedford & Northampton, Page 345.
He volunteered in the Northamptonshire Dragoons in November 1914 and in May 1916 was sent to the Western Front. There he was in action in numerous important engagements, including those at Mauberge and Cambrai and was subsequently transferred to the Military Mounted Police. He advanced into Germany with the Army of Occupation after the Armistice and was demobilised in July 1919, holding the General Service and Victory Medals.
38, Euston Road, Far Cotton, Northampton.