BORN HULL 1879. SON OF JOHN WRIGHT AND ANNIE WRIGHT, OF 1, RUSSELL TERRACE, MARLBOROUGH TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL & 3, BROWNBRIGG YARD, KELDGATE, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES)
HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1912. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE BASSETT (1886-1950). THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS, FLORENCE AND EDITH. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 138, CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. HE WORKED AS A LOCAL OIL PRESSMAN.
HE ENLISTEDAT WORCESTER. SERVED WITH THE 3RD WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/03/1915, AGED 36.
COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE, MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN WRIGHT.
HIS WAR PENSION WAS CLAIMED BY HIS INCAPACITATED MOTHER, WHO ENTERED THE WORKHOUSE, ON 9 APRIL 1920 AND HER WEEKLY WAR PENSION ENDED.
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
15297
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/03/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
36
3, BROWNBRIGG YARD, KELDGATE, BEVERLEY EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
