BORN HULL 1896. SON OF WILLIAM WRIGHT (1861-1948)& SARAH PRINCE (1866-1950), OF 143 KING STREET, COTIINGHAM. SON OF A WHEELWRIGHT, HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A JOINER’S APPRENTICE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 13/287, 13TH EAST YORSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 60308, 3RD TYNSIDE IRISH. DIED O WOUNDS, ON 03/05/1918, AGED 22. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE COTTINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH WW1 PLAQUE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, GEORGE WRIGHT, 13/754, SERVED WITH THE 13TH EYR (HULL PALS) AND DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 07/11/1917, AGED 20.
First name:
FRANCIS WILLIAM
Military Number:
287
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1918
Place died:
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
22
143 KINGS STREET, COTTINGHAM, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
