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During the Korean War he went to Japan in 1952 to be Officer in charge of the Surgical Division at
the British Commonwealth Hospital at Kure where he was created an Officer of the Most Excellent

Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his valuable services. He published his experiences in an article
‘Commonwealth Surgery in the Korean War’ in The Lancet in 1956. He took over command of BMH

Iserlohn in West Germany in 1957, afterwards becoming Assistant Director Medical Services 2nd Division.
In 1961 Colonel Wright left West Germany for Cyprus to command BMH Dhekelia, but his command

was cut short by his untimely death.

He loved rugby and soccer, and used to be a keen sprinter. Latterly he had taken up Scottish country
dancing and gardening with his wife, whom he had married in 1938. She had been a sister in the Queen

Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service. Their two sons were also in the Army.

‘The tributes paid at his funeral by the BMH staff, all ranks of the Services in

Cyprus, and by the British and Cypriot communities, were a moving testimony to

the respect and affection in which he was held’10

‘Sub Cruce Candida’ – Honouring the Two

QARANC Nurses Buried in Cyprus11

QARANC Corps Day 2012 – Corporals Lee Barnwell, Damion Kelly and Ellen Taylor honouring the memory of 22

year old Lance Corporal Ann May O’Driscoll and 21 year old Private Margaret De Latour

(died 17 October 1965), buried in Plot 9, Row A, Graves 6 and 8

10 Ibid.
11 ‘Sub cruce candida’ (Under the white cross) is the motto of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps. Their

badge incorporates the white cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, an ancient Danish order of chivalry, reflecting Queen
Alexandra’s Danish origins.

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