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Major RICHARD JOHN MONCRIEFF WRIGHT

Service Number: 56743
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1944

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

1. K. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Moncrieff Wright and of Leonore Ada Wright (nee Beddall), of Carshalton Beeches, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE, HIMSELF HE SCORNED TO SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Vlaams-Brabant Belgium
Number of casualties: 1018
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