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George William Wright

A Private with the 7th Battalion, George died on 26th of November 1917 at the age of 24. 

George was born at Lowestoft in 1893, a son of George and Esther Wright. In 1901 his family lived at 13 Selby Street. By 1911 they were living at 36 Worthing Road, and George was an apprentice shipwright. Later his parents lived at 59 Church Road. 

George enlisted in the Army at Richmond, Yorkshire. He joined the Suffolk Regiment, service number 24359. In 1916 he was posted to the 11th Battalion in France. George was wounded in 1916 and his name appears in the War Office Daily List of casualties dated 9 September 1916. Subsequently he was posted to the 7th Battalion.  

No record can be found of when, where, or how, George was wounded. Given that he died of wounds on 26 November it is likely that he was wounded in the Battalion’s attack on the Hindenburg Line, part of the Battle of Cambrai. 

George was buried at Villers-Guislain Communal Cemetery and at some point his, and four other graves, were destroyed by shell-fire and so George, and the other four men whose graves were lost, are commemorated on a special memorial in the cemetery.   

Lived at

George Wright
59
Church Road
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.4841318, 1.7487292

CountryOfService
United Kingdom
BranchService
Army
Regiment
Suffolk Regiment
ServiceNumber
24359
Burial/Memorial
France
VILLERS-GUISLAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. 5.

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