Wright Jack Pte 6024793
Personnel Entry
Name Wright Jack
Army number 6024793
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 31
Unit Essex Regiment - dates not known. Trf Army Air Corps 8/12/1942, Posted 9th Bn AAC. Trf back to Essex Regiment 2/2/1944. Posted No 1 I.T.C. Trf Durham Light Infantry 29/6/1944, Posted 11th Bn DLI. Posted ? Bn DLI. Trf Highland Light Infantry 4/12/1944, Posted 2nd Bn HLI. KILLED in ACTION 14/2/1945 with 2nd Bn City of Glasgow Regiment, Highland Light Infantry .
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 14-Feb-45
Home address Son of Fredrick and Henrietta Wright, husband of Edith Wright. Buried Grave 44. E. 3. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI