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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Dyer
Initials:W
Rank:Sergeant
Army Number:7690883
Notes:CMP. Enlisted in to CMP. 6/5/46 to discharge.
Casualty List 1273/13, Italy, Wounded, 17/9/1943.
Casualty List 1331/30, Italy, Wounded, 17/9/43 date of casualty should read 11/9/43.
26/11/48 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star with 1 army clasp, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, War Medal, MID.
Address:- 8 Burns Street, Padiham, Nr Burnley, Lancs.
William Dyer.

Extract from the Burnley Express - Wednesday 9 January 1946. MENTIONED.
Sgt Wm Dyer of the Corps now serving in Austria, whose wife lives at 8 Burns Street, Padiham, has bee mentioned in despatches for gallant and dis5tinguished service in Italy.
(the article has a head an shoulders photo of Sgt W Dyer.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: Mention in Despatches (London Gazette: 37368 Page: 5829 Nov. 29, 1945)
Citation: Italy.