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Sergeant JOHN THOMPSON WRIGHT

Service Number: 817188
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)

106 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

16. F. 2.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Georgina Jamieson Wright. His brother, George Jamieson Wright, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription "KEEP THOU MY FEET; I DO NOT ASK TO SEE THE DISTANT SCENE: ONE STEP ENOUGH FOR ME"
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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