| Surname: | Prout |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 5617926 |
| Notes: | CMP. 21 Army Group. Enlisted Devonshire Regiment, later Cheshire Regiment, transferred to CMP. 20/10/58 died. Cause of death not known, Aldershot. Born 3/4/1915. Shown on RMP Nominal Roll 12/1952 Cpl. James Prout. Extract from the Sunday Pictorial, 9 December 1956. A Sgt's Wife Vanishes. For ten years "Redcap" Sergeant James Prout (pictured left) of the Military Police, Aldershot has said happily: "I have mad the perfect marriage." Today he pleads to Pic Detectives £please find my missing wife." Twelve days ago he returned to his married quarters home to find the flat empty. Sergeant Prout says: " We never had on cross word. I gave her the perfect home. Nine year old Betty, pictured left, doesn't play with her friends at school since her mun went away. She says sadly: "Nothing seems the same any more. Daddy tries to do my hair, but he can's do it like Mummy. Today I started to put up the Christmas decorations. Then Daddy told me not to. He said: "There will be no joy in this Christmas unless your mummy comes back." Since she vanished Sgt. Prout has had some compassionate leave. he has begun a systematic search of the country for he. He believed that some secret problem has been worrying her since he returned from Cyprus las August. If you see her tell the Pictorial. 1. Attractive, 32 year old Mrs Prout is pictured above. The map shows places where her husband was stationed and where she made many friends (Newcastle, Liverpool, Colchester, Reading, Woolwich, Aldershot, London, Southampton.) 2. She liked dancing, wears a grey, purple and red evening dress. She has a light grey coat with black spots. She may wear spectacles. 3. An excellent cook, she may have found a job in a works canteen. |
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| Date of Death: | Oct. 20, 1958 |
| Company: | 158 PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 90909 |
| Cemetery: | ALDERSHOT MILITARY CEMETERY, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 |
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