Career
Wright was 27 years old, and a company sergeant major in the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 25 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.
Wright"s Distinguished Conduct Medal was substituted for the Venture capital on the instructions of King George VI. Wright was born in Mettingham, near Bungay in Suffolk on 10 August 1916. After the war Wright farmed at Church Farm at Blythburgh, Suffolk.