Wright, James William

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.

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. 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.


First name:
JAMES WILLIAM
Military Number:
13/487
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Serre Road Cemetery No:2, Somme, Somme, France
Age:
22
7 HESSLE AVENUE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK