BORN HULL 1884. HUSBAND OF MINNIE WRIGHT, WHO LIVED AT 45 , CLUMBER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONLY SON OF JAMES AND KAZIA ANN WRIGHT, OF 22 PEEL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 23 HAMLYN AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ONE SISTER, ETHEL PORTER. WORKED AS A JOINER BY TRADE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 150 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/12/1915. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 26381, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 01/12/1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/03/1918, AGED 34. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY, FOR 2 YEARS AND 107 DAYS.
BURIED AT HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE, SOMME FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WER LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, MINNIE. HE ALSO LEFT HER £502 IN HIS WILL.
First name:
GEORGE ERNEST
Military Number:
52628
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/03/1918
Place died:
HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE, SOMME FRANCE
Age:
34
45 , CLUMBER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
