WRIGHT, Leo Arthur Philip
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
'30 Commando Assault Unit'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X 4108
Born:
Friday, April 2, 1920
Birthplace:
Canning Town, London
Died :
Monday, June 12, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Corporal Leo Wright died during operations at Normandy, France, when anti personnel bombs were dropped from enemy aircraft. Son of Leo Arthur Phillip Wright and Elizabeth Wright, of Stratford, London.
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Also killed were Lieutenant Ionides and Marine Bentley.
Source
CWGC.
Registers of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/139.
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit, author Nicholas Rankin.)
CWGC.
Registers of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/139.
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit, author Nicholas Rankin.)
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