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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 Br […]

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 HULL 1894. SON OF SARAH ANN WRIGHT, OF 7 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. HIS BROTHERS, SISTERS AND WIDER FAMILY ALL LIVED IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE WAS A JOINER'S LABOURER BY TRADE. HE HAD MARRIED ON 22/03/1914. HIS WIFE, ADELINE ROBERTS, AND DAUGHTER FLORENCE LILLIAN WRIGHT, LIVED AT 8 CLAIRMONT AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET. […]

BORN HULL 1895. SCULCOATES. SON OF ROBERT ANTHONY WRIGHT (1870-1938) & ELLEN WINSTANLEY (1869 -1937), OF  5 DERBY AVENUE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. BROTHER OF JOHN ROBERT WRIGHT. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, MARY EMMA AND ALEXANDRA. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILL PAINTER.  ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT […]

BORN BRIDLINGTON 1888. HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 2 VICTORIA TERRACE, PEASE STREET, HULL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 266406, WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/7TH MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/08/1917, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, SARAH WRIGHT AND TWO CHILDREN, AT 4 SAN […]

BORN HULL, 1896. HE MARRIED GRACE VARLEY, AT SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1915. HUSBAND OF MRS GRACE MARSHALL WHO LIVED AT 9 BATES TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE SON, JOHN THOMAS WRIGHT, WHO DIED ON 18/04/1917. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 10/07/1916. BURIED HULL WESTERN CE […]

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 ELLEN & LATE WILLIAM J WRIGHT, OF 3, CRYSTAL VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). 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 […]

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 […]