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Private WILLIAM WILCOX WRIGHT

Service Number: 40863
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

"D" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY

IV. F. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Caroline Wright, of 13, Basing Rd., Peckham, London. Born at Wandsworth, London.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON SWEET SON AND TAKE THY REST FOR GOD TAKETH THOSE HE LOVES THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 760
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