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4131263 Lance Corporal William Wright

Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of operation ‘Market’
Photograph of Hero Killed In Action


Born on: 01 Jan 1918
Died on: 26 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 26
Buried at: No known grave. Commemorated Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery panel 8.

Rest in Peace Lance Corporal Wright:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of William Wright and Ellen Wright, of Crosby, Liverpool.


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