Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36690/supplement/4157. No. 2657545 Company Sergeant-Major Peter Harold Wright, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. On 25th September 1943 near Salerno, Italy, a steep, wooded hill was being assaulted by the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, and Company Sergeant-Major Wright's company, most of its officers killed, was held up near the crest. Sergeant-Major Wright took charge and single-handed he silenced with grenades and bayonet three Spandau posts and then led his men to consolidate the position. He then beat off a counter-attack, and disregarding the heavy fire, brought up extra ammunition.
Fold3_Team · Oct 31, 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36690/supplement/4157. No. 2657545 Company Sergeant-Major Peter Harold Wright, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. On 25th September 1943 near Salerno, Italy, a steep, wooded hill was being assaulted by the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, and Company Sergeant-Major Wright's company, most of its officers killed, was held up near the crest. Sergeant-Major Wright took charge and single-handed he silenced with grenades and bayonet three Spandau posts and then led his men to consolidate the position. He then beat off a counter-attack, and disregarding the heavy fire, brought up extra ammunition.