BORN COTTINGHAM, 1891. ONLY CHILD OF WILLIAM WALLACE WRIGHT & CLARA WRIGHT, OF SPRING COTTAGE, & 66 PULMAN STREET, SPRING BANK WEST. BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A SLATER AND CONCRETE MIXER. ENLISTED HULL, 11/12/1915. ARRIVED FRANCE, 23/06/1916. RETURNED TO ENGLAND, 12/11/1916 AND WAS SENT BACK TO FRANCE ON 26/05/1917. WOUNDED IN ACTION, (GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE THIGH), 30/08/1918. DIED OF WOUNDS, 20/09/1918, IN GLASGOW HOSPITAL, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED IN HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HE HAD SERVED 2 YEARS AND 285 DAYS. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE PULMAN STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.
