BORN COTTINGHAM 1897. 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. HE WAS UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 10.5 INCHES TALL, 167 LBS WEIGHT, 37-39 INCH CHEST, WORKED AS A VAN MAN
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 23/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE 4TH HULL PALS, (“D” Coy. 13th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment). DIED OF ARM, CHEST , NECK AND HEAD WOUNDS, ON 07/11/1917, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH. BURIED AT DUISANS BRITHISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “HE DID HIS DUTY”.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL, WITH HIS BROTHER FRANCIS. THEIR NAMES ARE ALSO RECORDED ON THE COTTINGHAM METHODIST CHURCH WW1 PLAQUE.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE FRANCIS WILLIAM WRIGHT, ALSO ENLISTED IN THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 22ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, AND DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 03/05/1918, AGED 22.
