Service Details
Name:
 WRIGHT
Given Name:
 WILLIAM CHARLES
Initials:
 W C
Rank:
 Fourth Engineer Officer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Kanbe (Glasgow)
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Date of Death:
 1943-05-08
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Whilst operating with Convoy TS-38. Torpedoed and sunk by U-123 off Liberian Coast. En route Alexandria & Takoradi for Freetown & UK
Additional
Information:
Son of William Francis George and Beatrice Jane (nee Hibberd) Wright. Husband of Kathleen Alice (nee Leighton) Wright. Born Benoni, Transvaal. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 59.

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