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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Lapham
Initials:F A
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/11624
Notes:MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (4) Mesopotamia, 18/2/1916. 27/9/1914 he enlisted as a Pte. 1/4 Dorsetshire Regt. No. 3050 and No. 201261, address: father 34 Bishopstraw, Warminster, Wilts, 8/6/1916 awarded 14 days field punishment No. 2 for using threatening language to an NCO in the execution of his duty, 24/8/1916 fined 7 days pay for consuming emergency ration without permission, 8/2/1919 attached to Provost Establishment, 15/3/1917 transferred to MFP, Basra, served Home 27/9/1914 to 8/10/1914, India 9/10/1914 to 12/2/1916, Mesopotamia 18/2/1916 to 5/8/1919, en route 6/8/1919 to 31/8/1919, Home 1/9/1919 to 29/9/1919, class Z reserve 30/9/1919 address: Melrose, Warminster, Wilts.
Francis Albert Lapham.