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Roy Wright

In memory of:

Sergeant Roy Wright

August 9, 1944
In the field

Military Service


Service Number:

K/37743

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C.

Division:

'B' Sqn., 28th Armd Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

August 25, 1918
Buxton, England

Enlistment:

June 20, 1940
Vernon, British Columbia

Son of Uriah T. and Hilda M. Wright.

Commemorated on Page 484 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BAYEUX MEMORIAL
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

Panel 19, Column 3.

Location:

The Bayeux Memorial is located on the by-pass Rue de Sir Fabian Ware, in the south-western outskirts of the town of Bayeux, in Normandy, about 24 kilometres north-west of Caen. The memorial was erected in honour of the 1,803 men of the land forces who died in the fighting in Normandy and in the advance to the River Seine, and who have no known grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Inscription - Bayeux Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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