(269964) Captain Royal Army Service Corps Died 1st January 1945 Age 30 Commemorated BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY, LIMBURG, NETHERLANDS Son of Walter Henry & Edith Jane Wright, of Theydon Bois. He married Winifred Wilson in 1938, and they lived at 44 Bower Hill, Epping. He was manager of Brown’s Garage in Loughton. Walter Wright joined the Army as a Private four days before war was declared. Evacuated from Dunkirk in 1940, he returned to France soon after D-Day in charge of RASC workshop units, following the fighting through France, Belgium and Holland. He was at Arnhem, and was specially commended by his C.O. for his work there. Winifred received a field card from her husband together with a photograph of a Dutch friend. Just one week later she received a telegram from the War Office telling her that he was dead. Speaking in the West Essex Gazette, she said “He was due home on leave next month and I am convinced he will be home”.

Source-Bron: Roll Of Honour - Essex Epping War Memorial