BORN EASINGWOLD WORKHOUSE, YORKSHIRE, 1874. SON OF STEPHEN R & ELIZABETH E. THOMPSON. A FORMER ARTILLERY MAN. HE JOINED THE ARMY AGED 17. HE SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA.
MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1904. HUSBAND OF MINNIE BOSCOWITCH THOMPSON (1870-1962) & SEVEN CHILDREN, OF 6, FLEET STREET, STEPNEY LANE, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 25, GILLETT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A GAS WORKS LABOURER IN CIVILIAN LIFE.
THEIR CHILDREN WERE;- MURIEL WRIGHT BOSCOWITCH (STEP CHILD), MAY, WILFRED CLYDE, CYRIL, JOSEPH LESLIE AND ALBERT EDWARD WRIGHT, ALL BORN BETWEEN 1902-1913. THEIR SON, SAMSON LEONARD WRIGHT, DIED ON 21ST JULY 1916, AGED 9. THEIR WEEKLY WAR PENSION WAS REDUCE TO 35 SHILLINGS.
ENLISTED HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 2/7/1915. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE 28TH DIVISIONAL COLUMN, ROYAL FIELD ARTILERY. DIED OF CONCUSSION FROM A MILITARY ACCIDENT, AT SALONIKA, GREECE, NO;1 STATIONARY HOSPITAL, ON 13/01/1916, AGED 29.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DIALY MAIL ON 27/1/1916.
HIS STEP BROTHER, PRIVATE, CHARLES BOSCOWITCH, 1493, SERVED WITH THE 12TH EYR (HULL PALS).
