BORN HULL 1892. SON OF EDWARD WRIGHT AND ADA MARY CREAM, OF 6, RODNEY STREET, HULL. ELDEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN. SERVED AS A ROYAL ENGINEER BUGLER FOR TWO YEARS IN 1908. MARRIED IN HULL, ON 02/04/1914. HIS WIFE FLORENCE MAUD MARLING (1894-1917), LIVED AT 79, CHILTERN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WORKED AS A FRUIT MERCHANT CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3 INCHES TALL, 126 LBS WEIGHT, 35.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, BROWN HAIR, TATTOOS ON RIGHT FOREARM.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/10/1914, AGED 22. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE 2ND NORTHUMBRIAN BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DISCHARGED WITH TUBERCULOSIS, ON 15/02/1915, AFTER 122 DAYS SERVICE. HE DIED ON 12/11/1915, AGED 23. HIS WIFE, FLORENCE, WAS AWARDED A WAR PENSION, OF 10 SHILLINGS PER WEEK FROM 29/02/1916. SHE DIED ON 31/10/1917.
