| Surname: | Wolfenden |
| Initials: | S P J |
| Rank: | Private |
| Army Number: | 3962318 |
| Notes: | CMP. 3 Div Pro Coy. He was born and resided in Cardiff and formerly served in the Welch Regiment. 27/11/42 Died. War Diary 3 Div Pro Coy WO 166/6201. 31/11/1942 1 L/Cpl killed in motorcycle accident. (No name in war diary but Pte Wolfenden is the only CMP who died prior to this period). Casualty List 1097, Home, Died as a result of an accident, 27/11/1942. Inscription on gravestone: Blessed be the Lord, my strength which teacheth my hands to war and my fingers to fight. Sidney Percy James Wolfenden.. Extract from the Scotsman, 28/11/43. FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT. Sydney Percy Thomas Wolfenden (25) a probationer in the Corps of Military Police, died in the Astley Ainslie Institution, Edinburgh, yesterday as a result of injuries received on Wednesday, when he was riding a motorcycle in Colington Road at Firhill and came into collision with a tramcar. |
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| Date of Death: | Nov. 27, 1942 |
| Company: | 3 DIV PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 2718386 |
| Cemetery: | WHITCHURCH (PANTMAWR) CEMETERY, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 |
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