BORN LOUTH, LINCS 1897. ELDEST SON OF CHRISTOPHER & HARRIET WRIGHT AT THIS ADDRESS (1911 CENSUS). HIS FATHER WAS A LABOURER AT A CEMENT WORKES. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILL LABOURER. ENLISTED HULL. EX 1417 5TH EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 12/08/1918, AGED 21. HE LEFT AN OLDER SISTER MINNIE WRIGHT. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER HARRIET AND EMILY PECK. BURIED: Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme.
First name:
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM
Military Number:
43167
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/08/1918
Place died:
Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
21
