BORN HULL 1895. SCULCOATES. SON OF ROBERT ANTHONY WRIGHT (1870-1938) & ELLEN WINSTANLEY (1869 -1937), OF 5 DERBY AVENUE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL. SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. BROTHER OF JOHN ROBERT WRIGHT. HE HAD TWO SISTERS, MARY EMMA AND ALEXANDRA. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILL PAINTER. ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 20/06/1915, AGED 19.
BURIED AT LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY. HIS BROTHER, JOHN, SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRES.
First name:
THOMAS JAMES
Regiment:
Military Number:
1559
Rank:
Private
Date Died
30/06/1915
Place died:
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
5 DERBY AVENUE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
