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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Basey
Initials:W W
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/5735
Notes:MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (2a) Balkans, amended to (2b) Gallipoli, 23/9/1915. 11/6/1915 he enlisted as a Pte. 1/1 Norfolk Yeomanry. No. 2432, born 1889, address: Common Road, East Todderham, East Dearham, Norfolk. 1/10/1916 transferred to MMP. Served Home 11/6/1915 to 22/9/1915, Med Exp Force then Egyptian Exp Force 23/9/1915 to 25/2/1919, En route 26/2/1919 to 5/3/1919, Home 6/3/1919 to 14/5/1919, disembodied 15/5/19. 23/9/1915 sailed from Liverpool, 8/10/1915 Mudros, Gallipoli, 21/2/1916 Sidi Bashir, 8/4/1916 Cairo, 13/12/1916 joined desert column, 12/8/1917 HQ Desert Mounted Corps, 25/2/1919 invalided to England.
Walter William Basey.