BORN WEST HARTLEPOOL 1897. SON OF THE MARY ELLEN & LATE WILLIAM J WRIGHT, OF 3, CRYSTAL VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). BROTHERS CLAUDE AND ALBERT E & SISTER MAUD WRIGHT. HE WAS A BUTCHER, LIVING AT 3 CRYSTAL VILLAS, VICTOR STREET. EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, JOHN ENGLISH & CO., HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 12/12/1915. SERVED WITH THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. SENT TO FRANCE 17/07/1916. WOUNDED WITH SHELL SHOCK ON 02/9/1916. RETURNED TO UNIT ON 01/10/1916. KILLED IN ACTION 30/12/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 02/03/1917. *
First name:
GEORGE
Regiment:
Military Number:
22417
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/12/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
3, CRYSTAL VILLAS, VICTOR STREET, HULL EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
