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PRIVATE THOMAS McMORRAN WRIGHT, 12/1215. Born in Hull, on 12/06/1884. Thomas was one of seven children to Thomas Wright (1848-1900) Harriet McMorran. A Salesman by trade, he was employed by Messers, Rymers, of Cave Street, Hull as a mineral water rulleyman. He married Jessie Nobbs (1890-1971), at St. Mark's Church, on 1st May 1910. T […]

BORN HULL 21/12/1887. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1853-1951) & MINNIE MATTHEWS (1860-1959), AT 173 , ANLABY ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) & 136 PLANE STREET, HULL. HUSBAND OF ETHEL MAY WRIGHT. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HIS SHIP WAS DAMAGED BY A MINE, 26/09/1918, AGED 32. HIS NAME IS COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL. ALSO COMMEMORAT […]

Born Hull 1889. Son of Mr. John Wright, of 94, New Bridge Road., Hull; husband of Jane Ethel Marr (formerly Wright), of 1, Ashdene Villas, Brecon St., Holderness Rd., Hull. His name is recorded on the Nornabell Street, Roll of Honour. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 16/01/1919. * Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE JOHN ED […]

BORN ABERDEEN 1893. SON OF GEORGE AND ELLEN WRIGHT. HIS FATHER WAS A FISHERMAN. HIS MOTHER, ELLEN, WAS BORN IN HULL AND LIVED AT 60, MARMADUKE STREET, HULL. HE SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY AS A MARINE FIREMAN. HE MARRIED EMILY FRANCES SPINK (1896-1981), FROM 6 EDGAR STREET, HULL, AT ST BARNABAS CHURCH, HESSLE ROAD, ON 21/06/1914. THEY HAD […]

BORN WEST HARTLEPOOL 1897. SON OF THE MARY E & LATE WILLIAM J WRIGHT. BROTHERS CLAUDE AND ALBERT E & SISTER MAUD WRIGHT. HE WAS A BUTCHER, LIVING AT 3 CRYSTAL VILLAS, VICTOR STREET. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, JOHN ENGLISH & CO., HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. […]

BORN HULL 1892. THIRD SON OF JAMES STATHER WRIGHT (1849-1905( AND EMMA WOODS (1856-1918), OF  52 BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 62 , ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL. THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A BARBERS ASSISTANT. LIVING AT 62 ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 27153,  EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE […]

BORN HULL 1898. ONLY CHILD OF GEORGE WILLIAM BAXTER WRIGHT & HANNAH MAY WRIGHT, OF 5, BELMONT STREET, NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. EMPLOYED AS A GROCERS APPRENTICE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 32-34 INCH CHEST HE ENLISTED, ON 12/12/1915 AT HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 24629, EAST YORKSHIRE […]

BORN HULL 1893. WIFE EMILY WRIGHT. SON OF ROBERT & SARAH WRIGHT. SERVED AT SEA. DROWNED AGED 24. COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL NENORIAL AND AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL. S/S 'DURBAN', A steam trawler, built for the Humber Steam Fishing & Ice Co., Hull (H378). In December 1914 vessel Rqd by the Royal Nav […]

BORN HULL 1898. ELDEST SON OF ALBERT ARTHUR WRIGHT. (1876-1961) & ELIZA SUCH (1879-1944), OF 7, QUAKER'S COURT, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (1901), AND 4, WELTON TERRACE, COURTNEY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 135 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, B […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF WILLIAM AND CLARA WRIGHT, OF 28  PARK VILLAS, COTTINGHAM, HULL. ASSISTANT SCHOOL MASTER AT NORTON COUNCIL SCHOOL, IN MALTON. SECRETARY OF THE MALTON, RIFLE CLUB. A MEMBER OF THE ST JOHN'S AMBULANCE BRIGADE. MEMBER OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH CHOIR. SERVED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT, IN THE 17TH WELSH FUSILIERS. KILLED I […]

BORN HULL 1884. HUSBAND OF MINNIE WRIGHT, WHO LIVED AT 45 , CLUMBER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONLY SON OF JAMES AND KAZIA ANN WRIGHT, OF 22 PEEL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 23 HAMLYN AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ONE SISTER, ETHEL PORTER. WORKED AS A JOINER BY TRADE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHES […]

BORN HULL 1874. BEFORE THE WAR JOHN HAD SERVED 34 MONTHS IN THE BOER WAR WHERE HE RECEIVED TWO CAMPAIGN MEDALS. HE THEN WORKED AT EARLES SHIP BUILDING YARD. HE MARRIED ON 09/04/1898. LEFT WIDOW, ELIZABETH WRIGHT AND SIX CHILDREN AT 18 SALISBURY TERRACE, NORNABELL STREET, HULL. HE SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND WAS KIL […]

BORN HULL 1888. SON OF HENRY GRASBY WRIGHT (1854-1904) & KATE BRADBURY WRIGHT (1859-1926), OF 66 BRIDLINGTON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WAS ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 5 WATERHOUSE LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS), WHERE THEY RAN A TOBACCONIST BUSINESS. HE WOR […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1887. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT, OF 66 PULMAN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION 26/10/1917, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE SHARED EVENLY BETWEEN WILLIAM DALBY, MARY E DALBY AND EVERLYN DALBY. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MIS […]

BORN HESSLE 1874. MARRIED AT ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, BOULEVARD, ON 20/04/1897. HIS WIFE ELIZA PADDISON (1875-1960) LIVED AT 8 SUBWAY STREET, HULL. SON OF GEORGE SELLERS (1842-1903) & ELIZABETH WRIGHT. A MARINE ENGINEER. LOST AT SEA, ON 09/05/1917, AGED 43. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON. The fishing vessel, W […]

Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ARTHUR HAYWARD WRIGHT 10/856. Born in Hull, on 15/07/1894, the eldest of four children to John and Ada Wright of 96 Legsby Avenue, Grimsby. One of the original Pals, Arthur was a Clerk before the war but queued to enlist in the long lines outside Hull City Hall in the heady days of September 1914. He was […]

Born Hull 1898. Son of Frederick George and Sarah Wright, of Albert Dock, Hull (CWGC Address). Living at 16 Londesborough Street, Hull (1911 census). His father was from Norfolk and worked as a bridge foreman. AS PER "SOLDIER'S DIED IN THE GREAT WAR RECORDS" - HE WAS BORN IN HULL. ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE R […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF GEORGE HENRY & MARY WRIGHT, OF 175 CLEVELAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). WIFE HANNAH BRADY WRIGHT, LIVED AT 12 SEATON STREET, HULL AND IN LEEDS. EMPLOYED AS A TIMBER MERCHANT'S CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED ON 20/01/1918, AGED 26. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1861-1948)& SARAH PRINCE (1866-1950), OF 143 KING STREET, COTIINGHAM. SON OF A WHEELWRIGHT, HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A JOINER'S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 13/287, 13TH EAST YORSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 60308, 3RD TYNSIDE IRISH. DIED […]

BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HENRY GRASBY WRIGHT (1854-1904) & KATE BRADBURY WRIGHT (1859-1926), OF 66 BRIDLINGTON STREET, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WAS ONE OF THREE SONS LOST IN THE WAR. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 5 WATERHOUSE LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS), WHERE THEY RAN A TOBACCONIST BUSINESS. HE WOR […]