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Wounded In Normandy

Pte. G.C. Wright

Service No. 

2880097

Company:

Unknown

Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No). 

General Service Corps

Date Wounded:

Monday, 12 June 1944

Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.)

War Diary states shell burst near Bn HQ

Pte. G.C. Wright

George Cruickshank Wright was born in 1923 in Keith, North East Scotland.


He was discharged from the Army in November 1945.


He married Emily Isabella Williamson in 1948 in Maryculter.


At the time his medals were awarded in August 1950, he was living in Milteimber, Aberdeenshire.


George died in 1996 at the age of 73.


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