WRIGHT, Dennis Raymond
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Known as:
Curly, or Chippy (to Family)
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5127463
Died :
Monday, September 13, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
18
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Private Dennis Wright, aged 18 and from Birmingham, died during operations at Salerno, Italy. Initially buried near a house in a copse on the East side of road at Dragone. Map ref 602409. Son of John Stanley Wright and Daisy Lydia Wright, of Wylde Green. Sutton Coldfield. View the Diary entry of Victor 'Dusty' Miller No 2 Cdo for this day.
Sources
CWGC.
No.2 Commando Casualties Salerno document below.
Article in the Birmingham Daily Gazette 21 October 1943.
Primary Roll of Honour:
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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