Service Details
Name:
 WRIGHT
Given Name:
 GERALD VICTOR
Initials:
 G V
Service No:
 67375
Rank:
 Ordnance Artificer 4th Class
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Gloucester
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-22
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Date of Birth:
 1902-02-23
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. C. H. Wright, of Mowbray, Cape Province
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 59, Column 1.

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