Wright Charles James Private 6205520

Personnel Entry

CWGC Headstone of Private Charles James Wright, 2nd Kensingtons, adjacent to the headstone of his father.

Name Wright Charles James
Army number 6205520
Rank Private
Decorations Not known
Date of birth 1922 - exact details not yet confirmed.
Age Not known
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Died 8/1/1941 - cause of death not yet known.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not known
Joined Brigade Not yet known
Promotions Not known
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died 8/1/1941. Buried in Enfield Highway (St James) Churchyard. Headstone inscription - "DEEP IN OUR HEARTS HE IS LIVING YET WE LOVED HIM TOO DEARLY TO EVER FORGET". The transcription in Ancestry.com of the Parish Register - page 51, entry number 406, is incorrect and shows his burial as 14/1/1940, when it should read 14/1/1941.
Home address Son of George Albert Victor and Ellen Robertson Stirrat Wright, of Enfield. He was living at 1, Ashley Road, Enfield. As will be seen from the photograph - courtesy of the Find A Grave Website - his father is buried next to him.
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