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Soldier Record

Surname:Wright
Initials:C J F
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:864687
Notes:CMP. POW. Hong Kong Company. He was born and resided in London NW and formerly served in the Middlesex Regiment, (he enlisted in the Royal Artillery). No inscription on gravestone. Captured 25/11/1941 in Hong Kong. 15/9/1942 died as a POW from enteritis, diphtheria and myocarditis.Info from Japanese POW index card: Charles Wright, 8/10/1919 born London, address: Mr F Wright, new Cottage Farm, The Ridgeway, Enfield, London, He is listed on British POW's held in Japan and Japanese Occupied Territory: 56246, Wright, Charles J F, L/Cpl, 864687, Army, captured 23/12/1941 died 15/9/1942, camp HK, Hong Kong. He is named on the Hong Kong POW Camp Roll: Wright, Charles, Army, L/Cpl, POW No. 3394, 864687, died 17/9/15. He is named on the Hong Kong Death Roll: 235, Wright, Charles, died 15/9/1942 from chronic enteritis, English, L/Cpl, Military Police.died chronic enteritis.Casualty List 718, Hong Kong, Missing, 25/12/1941. Casualty List 866, Hong Kong, POW previously reported missing, previous list 718, Missing, 25/12/1941. Casualty List 1260, previously reported POW now reported Died, previous List 866, Hong Kong, date of death 15/9/1942.Charles John Frederick Wright.

Prisoner of War Record:

Imprisonment: Stanley HONG KONG 🇭🇰

Casualty Record:

Date of Death:Sept. 15, 1942
Company:Hong Kong Command
CWGC Link:2815484
Cemetery:STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, HONG KONG 🇭🇰
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