WRIGHT, Henry Walter

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Known as: 
Bill
Rank: 
Lieutenant (later Major)
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Lancashire Fusiliers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
822200
232387
P.O.W. number: 
4077
P.O.W. camps: 
Oflag VII-B (7B), Eichstaat, Germany
Born: 
Saturday, November 22, 1913
Henry Walter Wright 3 Commando
17.08.1932 attested into the Royal Artillery.
16.08.1938 released to Army Reserve.
04.10.1939 mobilized for service Royal Artillery.
07-11-1940 Sergeant (Royal Artillery) attached to No.3 Commando.
No.3 Commando absorbed into 4th Special Service Bn. 
01.02.1941 posted No.8 Commando.
21.11.1941 posted to Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU).
04.05.1942 rejoins No.3 Commando as Lieutenant. 
19.08.1942 Lieutenant, 1 Section, 6 Troop, prisoner of war after Operation Jubilee at Dieppe.
08.5.1945 Repatriated to the UK posted Depot, Royal Artillery.
24.08.1945 rejoined No.3 Commando until disbanded.
10.12.1945 transferred to the Lancashire Fusiliers as a Lieutenant. 
10.02.1946 emplaned UK for India posted 1st Battalion. Later promoted Captain. 
03.10.1946 to 31.03.1947 War Substantive Captain (Temporary Major).
16.04.1948 released from military service and relinquishes commission. Granted the Honorary rank of Major.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/3 (1942) and 9 (1945).
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and 11.
[Image and additional details] Ron Wright, son.
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
WRIGHT, Henry Walter, (No.3 Cdo), Service Record
Dieppe - Operation Jubilee
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
No 8 Commando
Prisoners of War

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