Person    | Male  Died 17/9/1940

Sidney Wright

Categories: Tragedy

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Sidney Wright

Killed in the Camberwell Green air-raid, aged 48.

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Sidney Wright

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Wedding party WW2 air raid

{Plaque on the upright element:} In memory of the people of Camberwell who di...

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