BORN HULL 1879. SON OF JOHN WRIGHT. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1912. HUSBAND OF FLORENCE BASSETT (1886-1950). FATHER OF FLORENCE AND EDITH. THE FAMILY LIVED AT 138 CUMBERLAND STREET, HULL. A LOCAL OIL PRESSMAN. HE ENLISTED WORCESTER. SERVED WITH THE 3RD WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/03/1915, AGED 36. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MEMORIAL, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN WRIGHT.
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
15297
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/03/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
36
