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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. HE LIVED AT […]

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 […]

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 AND ANNIE WRIGHT, OF 1, RUSSELL TERRACE, MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1912. HUSBAND  OF FLORENCE BASSETT (1886-1950). THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, FLORENCE AND EDITH. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 138, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A LOCAL OIL PRESSMA […]

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 (BORN 22 AUG 1897), OF 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 HUL […]

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) born 4 Dec 1888, of 1, Ashdene Villas, Brecon St., Holderness Rd., Hull. They had two children, John Robert and Rose. His name is recorded on the Nornabell Street, Roll of Honour. His death was reported in the Hull Daily […]

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, HULL. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, JOHN ENGLISH & CO., HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. HE E […]

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 (war pension address). THIRD OF SEVEN CHILDREN. A BARBERS ASSISTANT. LIVING AT 62, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HULL. HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 27153,  EAST YORKSHIRE REGIME […]

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 Cottingham, Hull, 1897. Son of Frederick A Wright and Margaret Jane Wright, of Crescent Street, Cottingham, Hull (war pension address). Before the war he worked as a Waggoner (farm), in Skidby. Served as a Driver/Gunner in the 16 Corps AC RFA. Died on 3 Jan 1919, aged 22.

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, 3/9/1886. Son of Alice and Charles Robert Wright, of 10, Florence Avenue, Somerscales Street, Hull (Army and war Pension address) Enlisted in the 1st East Riding Territorials, on 26/04/1904. In civilian Life he was a Tinner's labourer. Described as 5 foot, 5 inches tall, 36 inch chest, very good character. Called up as a res […]