BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JARVIS WRIGHT (1860-1916) & ELIZABETH SEARSON, OF 83, REGENT STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO HENRY AND LAURA. HE WORKED AS A BARMAN BEFORE THE WAR.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 24.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR, BOULEVARD, HULL
First name:
CLIFTON
Regiment:
Military Number:
3/6950
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
24