BORN WEATHERSFIELD, ESSEX, 1871. SON OF WALTER CHARLES BRIGHT AND LUCY BRIGHT, OF THE RED LION PUB, BRAINTREE, ESSEX.
HUSBAND OF KATE EMMA BRIGHT, OF 7 FERN GROVE, CAVE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER LAW CLERK FOR THE HULL CORPORATION AND ARMY TERRITORIAL RESERVIST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 5/08/1914. PROMOTED CQSM, ON 1/05/1916. SERVED WITH TEH 27TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DISCHARGED AS UNFIT ON 29/10/1917. DESCRIBED AS OF VERY GOOD CHARACTER. HE DIED OF BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA, ON 04/03/1918. BURIED HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY. AGED 48.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PRIVATE, PERCY BRIGHT, 10TH ESSEX REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 22/10/1917, AGED 39.
First name:
FREDERICK
Military Number:
375156
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Date Died
04/03/1918
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
48
