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Personal data

• Name WRIGHT
• Initials WG
• First name WILLIAM GEORGE
• Place of birth St. Paul's
• Country Maidstone, Kent, England
• Last residence Maidstone, Kent
• Family Son of John and Minnie Wright, of 81, Grecian St., Maidstone, Kent.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Maidstone, Kent
• Service number S/10468
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
• Division - Brigade 16th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 6th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career to France on 9 February 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds to the left thigh, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 16 January 1916
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery II - D - 33A
• Related (battlefield) cemeteries for this unit & period POTIJZE CHATEAU WOOD CEMETERY ; LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY No.1 ; LA BRIQUE MILITARY CEMETERY No.2 ; ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

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