| 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 718/10, Hong Kong, Missing, 25/12/1941. Casualty List 866/18, Hong Kong, POW previously reported missing, previous list 718, Missing, 25/12/1941. Casualty List 1260/14, previously reported POW now reported Died, previous List 866, Hong Kong, date of death 15/9/1942. Medal card not found. Charles John Frederick Wright. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stanley HONG KONG ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° |
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| Date of Death: | Sept. 15, 1942 |
| Company: | Hong Kong Command |
| CWGC Link: | 2815484 |
| Cemetery: | STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY, HONG KONG ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° |
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