Freeman, Wright

BORN COTTINGHAM, YORKSHIRE, 1873. SON OF WILLIAM FREEMAN (1834-1924) AND TERESSA HODSON (1839-1920).

HE LIVED AT SKELTON, CLEVELAND. ENLISTED RICHMOND, YORK, IN 1891 AND SERVED WITH THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH FREEMAN AND FIVE CHILDREN, LIVED AT SKELTON, CLEVELAND, TEESIDE, NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. HE WAS AN IRON WORKER IN CIVILIAN LIFE (1911 CENSUS) AND RE-ENLISTED WHEN WAR BEGAN. LEFT ENGLAND WITH THE 6TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 14/07/1815. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 10/08/1915.

HIS WIDOW MARRIED JOSEPH REED COLLIER ON 11/11/1916.

Gallipoli, Turkey, 1915


First name:
WRIGHT
Military Number:
8234
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
10/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
42
SKELTON, CLEVELAND, TEESIDE, NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK