BORN HULL 1894. SON OF SARAH ANN WRIGHT, OF 7 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL. HIS BROTHERS, SISTERS AND WIDER FAMILY ALL LIVED IN THE HESSLE ROAD AREA. HE WAS A JOINER’S LABOURER BY TRADE.
HE HAD MARRIED ON 22/03/1914. HIS WIFE, ADELINE ROBERTS, AND DAUGHTER FLORENCE LILLIAN WRIGHT, LIVED AT 8, CLAIRMONT AVENUE, SCARBOROUGH STREET, HULL & 8, JUBILEE AVENUE, HARROW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED HULL ON 18/11/1914. SERVED IN EGYPT AND WENT TO FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION AT SERRE ON 13/11/16, AGED 22.
AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS WIFE RETURNED TO HER FAMILY ADDRESS AT 8, JUBILEE AVENUE, HARROW STREET, HULL. SHE RECEIVED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 18 SHILLINGS AND NINE PENCE FOR HER AND THEIR DAUGHTER. JAMES WILLIAM WRIGHT IS LISTED ON THE CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL ROLL OF HONOUR.
