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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

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

III. B. 43.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • 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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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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