Leslie James Wright
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: John Dinsdale and Edith Annie Wright
Marital status: Married
Home address: 136 Wharton Street, South Shields
Pre-war occupation: Insurance Agent
Date of birth: 1915
Place of birth: South Shields, County Durham
Date of death: 20/03/1942
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at South Shields (Harton) Cemetery, Durham and commemorated on the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 26
Further information:
Leslie was born and raised in South Shields, county Durham. Both of his parents were accountancy clerks and he had an older brother and an older sister. His father saw service as a sailor during WW1 and in 1939 Leslie was living with his widowed mother and his older sister Edith. In 1940 he married Emma Horn Burdon.
Leslie died as the result of an accident. On the evening of his death, he was stationed at Falmouth, and while off-duty got into a scuffle with a Home Guard on sentry duty during which he sustained stab wounds to his abdomen from a bayonet. Leslie was taken to Falmouth Hospital where he later died.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/