BORN BRIDLINGTON 1890 . SON OF HENRY WRIGHT (A CASHIER) & MARY ALBERTINE WRIGHT, OF 633 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE WAS A CLERK. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER 1917 – WIFE ADA WRIGHT, HULL. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 26/05/1918, AGED 29. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ADA. HE HAD BEEN MARRIED ONLY 8 MONTHS.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS NAME IS ALSO RECORDED ON THE ST VINCENT’S CATHOLIC CHURCH MEMORIAL, QUEENS ROAD, HULL.
First name:
HORACE LEO
Military Number:
14925
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
26/05/1918
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
29
