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Private BERNARD HORACE WRIGHT

Service Number: 240770
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

"A" Coy. 2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. G. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Wright, of Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire. Enlisted at 17 years of age; served through Irish rebellion; killed in voluntary effort to carry mails to his comrades through enemy fire.
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Buried or commemorated at

ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1391
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