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BORN HULL 1888. SON OF HENRY & CHARLOTTE WRIGHT, OF WELTON, BROUGH, EAST YORKSHIRE (1901 CENSUS). A SALESMAN AND FORMER TERRITORIAL. HE ENLISTED AT WINCHESTER,  ON 10/10/1914, AGED 26. SERVED AS A RIFLEMAN, IN THE 1ST KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 5.5 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST, […]

BORN SUTTON 14/07/1895. STEP SON OF ELIZABETH SIMPSON (1876-1963) AND SAMUEL STEPHENSON (1873-1949). HE HAD FIVE STEP BROTHERS AND TWO STEP SISTERS. WORKED AS A FARM HAND, AT LAYFIELD HOUSE, BELLFIELD VAENUE, HULL (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED LEEDS. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 24560, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DIED […]

BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. 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. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 167 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, WORKED AS A VAN MAN HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/11/1914. SERVED WITH […]

BORN SCUNTHORPE, LINCS, 26/10/1897. SON OF  THOMAS WRIGHT AND ALICE WRIGHT, 19 CLAPPISON SQUARE, SYKES STREET, HULL. HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 24/04/1916, AGED 17, CARRYING A WOUNDED SOLDIER FROM THE FIELD. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MO […]

BORN HULL 1896. SON OF HERBERT WRIGHT & MARY ANN HOPPER, OF 20 SHAW STREET, HULL (1901) AND 16 KINGSTON PLACE, WITHAM, HULL (1911). HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, AND TWO SISTERS. SON OF A PRINTER. HE WAS AN APPRENTICE LITHOGRAPHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 17/06/1916, AGED 20. HE […]

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 RI […]

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JARVIS WRIGHT (1860-1916) & ELIZABETH SEARSON, OF 83, REGENT STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO HENRY AND LAURA. HE WORKED AS A BARMAN BEFORE THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 24. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER. HE IS COMMEMO […]

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1890 . SON OF HENRY WRIGHT (A CASHIER) & MARY ALBERTINE WRIGHT, OF 633 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE WAS A CLERK. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER 1917 - WIFE ADA WRIGHT, HULL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/05/1918, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ADA. HE […]

Second Mate, S.S. Thames, Mercantile Marine, †14/08/1917, (Served as MACDONALD). Son of the late Samuel and Charlotte Wright; husband of Honor Wright (nee Feeney), of 10, Villiers St. Sunderland and above address. Born in Ireland, 1876. Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Thames SS was a British Steam Coaster of 403 tons built in 1910 by Goole […]

BORN DRIFFIELD 1885. SON OF  JANE ETHEL TURNER (1858-1940) & LATE RICHARD WRIGHT WHO LIVED IN EASINGTON. HE MARRIED ALICE RUSSELL, IN HULL, IN 1904. WORKED AT SEA, FOR THE HULL STAM COMPANIES. HIS WIFE ALICE & FOUR SONS LIVED 187 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SERGEANT, WITH THE 4TH AND 7TH EAST YORKSH […]

BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT, OF 4 ASH GROVE, BEECH STREET, HULL. WIFE ALICE MAY JENSEN & DAUGHTER MARJORIE ALICE WRIGHT (BORN 31/05/1916) LIVED AT 22 GROSVENOR TERRACE, GROSVENOR STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 18/11/1914.WENT TO FRANCE 17/07/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON 13/11/16, AGED 21. BY COINCIDENCE PTE, 48 […]

PRIVATE SAMUEL ESMOND WRIGHT 10/1370. Born Hull, 1897, Samuel was the youngest of five children, to Samuel (1858- 1986) and Lily Hodgson (1864-1929), of 9, Pleasant Place, Walker Street, Hull and 8, Pretoria Avenue, Edinburgh Street, Hull (War Pension address). He enlisted at City Hall, originally in the 10th Battalion before being trans […]

BORN HULL 1900. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM & ADA WRIGHT, OF 5, LOUISA TERRACE, FINSBURY STREET, HULL AND 5 WEST VIEW, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL. PRIVATE ERNEST WRIGHT 13022. Born in December 1900, Ernest was the youngest of five children and only son, of George and Ada Wright of 5, Louisa's Terrace, Finsbury Street, Fountain Road, Hull (War p […]

BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JAMES WRIGHT (1847-1905)AND EMMA WRIGHT (1857-1918), OF 97 NEWLAND AVENUE AND 62, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. PRIOR TO ENLISTING, HE WAS A BARMAN FOR TEN YEARS AT THE CRITERION PUB, HESSLE ROAD, HULL AND ALSO WORKED AS A MOTOR DRIVER. UNMARRIED. LIVED AT 62 P […]

BORN HULL 1883. 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 M […]

BORN HULL 1899. MOTHER CLARA SOPHIA (STEELE) LIVED IN SHEFFIELD. LOST AT SEA, AGED 17. HIS NAME IS RECORED ON THE TRINITY HOUSE MEMORIAL. AND THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY ROLL OF HONOUR SS North Wales, built by J. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland in 1909 and owned at the time of her loss by Hugh Roberts & Son, Newcastle, was a Bri […]

BORN HULL 1879.  SON OF JOHN WRIGHT. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1912. HUSBAND  OF FLORENCE BASSETT (1886-1950). FATHER OF FLORENCE AND EDITH. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 138 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. A LOCAL OIL PRESSMAN. HE ENLISTED WORCESTER. SERVED WITH THE 3RD WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/03/1915, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE […]

BORN HULL 1893. SON OF EDWIN WRIGHT AND OLIVE ELIZABETH ADDISON (1855–1942), OF THWAITE GARDENS, COTTINGHAM (PENSION ADDRESS). A GARDENER AT THWAITE HOUSE WITH HIS FATHER. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 403, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SERVED AS A SERGEANT IN THE MACHINE GUN CORPS. DROWNED, ON […]

BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF FRANK & ELEANOR MARTHA WRIGHT (1864-1942), OF 5 ST LEONARDS ROAD, HULL (1911) AND 21 Avenue Crescent, Harehills, LEEDS. HE HAD TWO OLDER SISTERS, FLORENCE AND AGNES. EMPLOYED AS AN INSURANCE CLERK. HE LIVED AT 61 GRAFTON STREET HULL. HE ENLISTED IN LEEDS. SERVED WITH THE 1ST GARRISON BATTALION, WEST YORKS […]

Born Barton On Humber, Lincolnshire, 1897. Son of joseph Henry Wright (1860-1933) and Mary Jane Thompson (1863-1936), of 2, Walgrave Street, Newland Avenue, Hull (1911 Census) and 2, Ventnor Street, Hull (War Pension address). Son of a caretaker. He had three brothers and two sisters. He worked as a Messenger Boy. He served in the Royal […]