THE VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO COLOUR SERGEANT MAJOR PETER WRIGHT, 3RD BN, COLDSTREAM GUARDS, HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE LORD ASHCROFT VC COLLECTION. |
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May 2015 |
The Victoria Cross and campaign medals awarded to Company Sergeant Major Peter Wright, 3rd Bn, Coldstream Guards, have been acquired by the Michael Ashcroft Trust the holding institution for the Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection. The Peter Wright VC group will go on display in the Imperial War Museum's Lord Ashcroft Gallery.
For the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal [ London Gazette, 27 January 1944 ], Salerno, Italy, 25 September 1943, Colour Sergeant Major Peter Harold Wright, 3rd Bn, Coldstream Guards. Following the intervention by King George VI Peter Wright's award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal was uprated to the award of the Victoria Cross. For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 27 January 1944 ], Salerno, Italy, 25 September 1943, Colour Sergeant Major Peter Harold Wright, 3rd Bn, Coldstream Guards.
In Italy on the 25th September 1943, the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, attacked the Pagliarolli feature, a steep wooded hill near Salerno. Before it reached the crest the right hand company was held up by heavy spandau and mortar fire and all the officers had become casualties.
Peter Wright was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George VI at Buckingham Palace on the 22nd November 1944.
Peter Wright died on the 6th April 1990 at Ipswich and was buried in All Saints Churchyard, Ashbocking, Suffolk. |
Iain Stewart, May 2015