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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Wright George Daniel Francis
|Army number=Not yet known.
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Born 29/8/1922 in Liverpool. Mother's maiden name Mary Ellen Matthews - from Cork.
|Age=98 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Conscripted into the Royal Artillery - date not yet known. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment. Served Normandy and North West Europe. Served India. Served Burma. Returned to the UK 1946. Demobilised.
|Company/Battery=452 Battery.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Gunner, as far as is known.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 2/12/2020 in Ottawa, Canada.
|Home address=Father - George James Wright, mother Mary Ellen Matthews. Moved to Leeds to work as a printer before joining the Army. Post-War served as a Constable with Liverpool POlice 1947 - 1976. Married Irene Sephton (1922 - 2014) and had four children. After retiring from the Police the family emigrated to Canada to be near relatives.
|Image Name=
|Image Title=George Daniel Francis Wright taken from his Obituary Notice in the Ottawa press.
}}
Much of the information on this Page was extracted from the soldier’s Royal Artillery Tracer Card – held on Ancestry.co.uk.

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-|Surname and forenames=Wright George Daniel Francis
+|Surname and forenames=Wright George Daniel Francis.  Some records show differing forenames.
 |Army number=Not yet known.
 |Rank=Gunner
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Born 29/8/1922 in Liverpool.  Mother's maiden name Mary Ellen Matthews - from Cork.
+|Date of birth=Born 29/8/1922 in Saint Helen's.  Mother's maiden name Mary Ellen Matthews - from Cork.  Some records show mother's name as South.
 |Age=98 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Conscripted into the Royal Artillery - date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.  Served Normandy and North West Europe.  Served India.  Served Burma.  Returned to the UK 1946.  Demobilised.
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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death 2/12/2020 in Ottawa, Canada.
-|Home address=Father - George James Wright, mother Mary Ellen Matthews.  Moved to Leeds to work as a printer before joining the Army.  Post-War served as a Constable with Liverpool Police 1947 - 1976.  Married Irene Sephton (1922 - 2014) and had four children.  After retiring from the Police the family emigrated to Canada to be near relatives.
+|Home address=Father - George James Wright, mother Mary Ellen Matthews or South.  Moved to Leeds to work as a printer before joining the Army.  Post-War he served as a Constable with Liverpool City Police 1947 - 1976.  Married Irene Sephton (1922 - 2014) in 1947 and had four children.  After his retiring from the Police the family emigrated to Canada to be near relatives.
 |Image Name=George_Daniel_Francis_Wright.jpg
 |Image Title=George Daniel Francis Wright taken from his Obituary Notice in the Ottawa press.
 }}
-The information on this Page was largely drawn from an Obituary Notice in the Ottawa Press, kindly drawn to the Lead Researcher's attention by Mr Ed Storey, a historian from Canada.
+The information on this Page was largely drawn from an Obituary Notice in the Ottawa Press, kindly brought to the Lead Researcher's attention by Mr Ed Storey, a historian from Canada.