BORN HULL 1893. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & JUDITH BURN WRIGHT, OF 48 GREAT THORNTON STREET, HULL AND 71 WALKER STREET, HULL. SON OF A WHITE SMITH AND LOCKSMITH. THE FOURTH OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE AND THREE SISTERS, EDITH, MARY AND JUDITH. HE WORKED AS A WHITESMITH.
ENLISTED HULL. SERVED A SAPPER, IN THE 208TH EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 07/06/1917, AGED 24.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZABETH MALLORY, AT 21. ABBEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE IS BURIED AT SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, FAMPOUX. PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEER MEMORIAL AT HULL MINSTER.
First name:
ROBERT WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
474608
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
07/06/1917
Place died:
SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, FAMPOUX. PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
24
21. ABBEY STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
