Captain HENRY VALERIAN GEORGE WELLESLEY
Service Number: 56864
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Date of Death
Died 16 September 1943
Age 31 years old
- Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 2 Commando
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info 6th Duke of Wellington. Son of Arthur Charles Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington, and of Lilian, Duchess of Wellington, of London and Strathfield Saye.
- Personal Inscription "VIRTUTIS FORTUNA COMES" TO "MORNY", THE HAPPY WARRIOR. HIS SORROWING MOTHER AND SISTER
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