Is there anyway to find out to which specific unit the belonged to, is it will be hard to find out where they were killed: PrivateTEDDER, FREDERICK CHARLES Service Number 14223183 Died 07/11/1944 Aged 37 Corps of Military Police PrivateWEBB, BENJAMIN ROBERT Service Number 1097409 Died 07/11/1944 Aged 37 Corps of Military Police Son of Herbert and Minnie Beatrice Webb, of Yarnbrook, Wiltshire. PrivateSHILTON, JOHN Service Number 11254768 Died 07/11/1944 Aged 41 Corps of Military Police They all were killed on the same day, maybe in a accident or V1 explosion?
PrivateTEDDER, FREDERICK CHARLES Service Number 14223183 Died 07/11/1944 Aged 37 Corps of Military Police HE WAS BORN AND RESIDED IN LONDON N. HE WAS DROWNED OFF OOSTEND HARBOUR WHEN THE TANK LANDING SHIP 420 HIT A GERMAN MINE KILLING OVER 300 RN, ARMY AND RAF. 12 CMP DROWNED IN THIS INCIDENT. PrivateWEBB, BENJAMIN ROBERT Service Number 1097409 Died 07/11/1944 Aged 37 Corps of Military Police Son of Herbert and Minnie Beatrice Webb, of Yarnbrook, Wiltshire. CMP. VP. Enlisted in the Royal Artillery, Field. 26/7/41 Transferred to CMP. 7/11/44 Died. He was born and resided in Wiltshire. He drowned off Ostend harbour when Landing Ship Tank 420 his a German mine and sank killing over 300 RN, RAF and Army personnel. 12 CMP died in this incident. Benjamin Robert Webb. PrivateSHILTON, JOHN Service Number 11254768 Died 07/11/1944 Aged 41 Corps of Military Police HE WAS BORN AND RESIDED IN LONDON NW AND FORMERLY SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. HE WAS DROWNED OFF OOSTEND HARBOUR WHEN THE TANK LANDING SHIP 420 HIT A GERMAN MINE KILLING OVER 300 RN, ARMY AND RAF. 12 CMP DROWNED IN THIS INCIDENT. The Landing Craft LST-420 left Dover on 7 November with a party of airmen, trucks and supplies for RAF personnel in Belgium. It was unable to enter the port of Ostend because of a severe storm and the captain decided to return to England. The ship was still within sight of Ostend when it hit and mine and sank. 14 officers and 224 other ranks were lost. 31 were saved. It was the greatest loss of lives on a British landing craft during the war. Above the wreck today is a marker buoy "LST 420. HMS LST 420 (LST 420) of the Royal Navy - British Tank landing ship of the LST (Mk 2) class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net http://www.corpsofmilitarypolice.org/soldier/4415/ LST 420
Thnks for this, I have a number of RAMC and RE missing on the same date, so I presume they were on the same LC.