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Gunner JOHN WILLIAM THOMAS WRIGHT

Service Number: 14270126
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

1 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PADUA WAR CEMETERY

III. G. 12.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George William Thomas Wright and Mary Ann Wright, of Ware, Hertfordshire. His brother Sidney Charles also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription JOHN WILL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD AGE SHALL NOT WEARY HIM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
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Buried or commemorated at

PADUA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 523
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