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L/Cpl. P. Shipwright
British Army 1st Btn. Loyal North Lancastershire Regt
(d.2nd April 1915)
Cpl. Wright volunteered to help during a typhus epidemic at Wittenberg POW camp where he was a prisoner. Sadly, he died on 2nd April 1915, after contracting the disease. He is buried in Berlin South Western Cemetery, grave XIII.D.5.