The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A P Wrighton

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Brass Plaque in Ayno Church

Private Albert Philip WRIGHTON, G/14575, 6th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Vimy Ridge, France, death presumed on or after, 9th April 1917, age 38.

Born Aynho, Northamptonshire, son of #George & Hannah Wrighton, of 81, Aynho, Banbury, Oxfordshire.

#died 3rd April 1909, Aynho, Northamptonshire, age 71.

1911 Census - Aynho, Banbury, Oxfordshire - Hannah Wrighton, head, age 64, widow 6 children, 3 still alive, born  Aynho, Northamptonshire; Albert Philip Wrighton, son, age 32, single, labourer on farm, worker, born  Aynho, Northamptonshire; *Reginald Victor Wrighton, son, age 22, single, labourer on farm, worker, born  Aynho, Northamptonshire.

Enlisted  Banbury, Oxfordshire, age 37 years & 2 months, height 5ft 9¾ inches, weight 132lbs, slight deafness right ear, upper plate required.  Resided Banbury, Oxfordshire. Formerly thatcher.

29th November 1915, enlisted; 29th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 19th April 1916, mobilized; 20th April 1916, posted 12th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, posted BEF & 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916, embarked; 29th September 1916, joined Battalion, In the Field; 9th April 1917, posted missing.

1st September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Mother, Hannah Wrighton, Aynho, Banbury; Brothers - deceased; Sisters - Fanny Beatrice Clark?, age 42, Weston, near Leamington.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.

*Private Reginald Victor Wrighton, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, Service No.17537, died 9th October 1917, Passchendale, Belgium, age 29. Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 9 to 10, Belgium.