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Sapper JOHN EDWIN WRIGHT

Service Number: 1877032
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

236 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1940

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HINDLEY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD

Grave 33.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and E. Wright, of Hindley; husband of Henrietta Wright, of Thorne, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES DAYS GO QUICKLY BY OUR LOVE WILL NEVER DIE. WIFE, SONS, DAUGHTER
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Buried or commemorated at

HINDLEY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 2
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