Leonard Frederick Hall Wright

A Stoker 2nd Class with H.M.S. Aboukir. Leonard died on 22nd of September 1914 at the age of 20. 

Leonard was born at Lowestoft on 7 April 1894. Leonard was the adopted son Caroline Wright, a widow. In 1891 his family lived at 5 Burton Terrace, Whapload Road, and by 1911 they were living at 293 Whapload Road, and Leonard worked as a labourer at a mineral water manufacturer. 

Leonard was a net worker when he joined the Royal Navy, as  Stoker 2nd Class, on 4 June 1913. On 2 August 1914 he was drafted to H.M.S. Aboukir. 

On 28 August 1914 H.M.S. Aboukir was part of the British naval force at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, but took no active part in the battle. On 22 September H.M.S. Aboukir, sailing with sister ships Cressy and Hogue, were in the Broad Fourteens area of the North Sea when each ship was sunk by torpedoes from German submarine U-9. A total of 527 men, including Leonard, were killed in the loss of the Aboukir.