Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this soldier:
Squadron Quartermaster Corporal. Born Braintree, Essex, the son of Edward George Bright and Phyliss Ruby Bright, née Layzell. He married Marion E Rees in 1967 in Windsor, Berkshire and they had a daughter and a son. He was the standard bearer in the Blues & Royals of the Household Cavalry when he was involved in the Hyde Park bomb attack dying of his injuries three days later, aged 36 years.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Staff Corporal (SQMC) Roy John Bright
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Hyde Park bomb
{On 20 July 1982 at this spot, a terrorist bomb was exploded as The Queen's L...
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W. J. Ockenden
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J. Tagg
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Private William Caswell
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Benvenuto Cellini
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