JOHN LEONARD WRIGHT
SERVICE NO. 2618886
Army: Serjeant
Royal Armoured Corps
Inns of Court Regiment
C Squadron
DIED: 06 June 1944
AGE: 29
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
C Squadron, Inns of Court Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps was part of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. They embarked from Portsmouth on 4 June, 1944 with a number of Royal Engineers.
The squadron was tasked to destroy bridges over the River Orne between Thury Harcourt and Saint-André-sur-Orne in order to delay German counter attacks west of Caen as well as carry out general reconnaissance.
They landed on Mike Green sector, Juno Beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer over a period of time from 07:45 but congestion getting off the beach and German opposition slowed them down and they were unable to achieve their objective on D-Day.
He was killed by friendly fire when an Allied tank fired on what he believed were German vehicles.
MEMORIAL LOCATION: Column 13
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