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Private L L Wright

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Private Lawrence Lancelot WRIGHT, G/19327, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 31st July 1917, age 33.

Born Southend, Essex, son of Fredrick and Thura Wright, of 67, Hartington Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

30th November 1904, St George Church, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. married Ellen Nellie Pearmain, spinster.

Children - Lawrence Thomas Wright, born 8th April 1905, 71/21 Hartington Road; Thomas Archibald Wright, born 28th December 1906, (13th December 1907), Hartington Road; George  Frederick Wright, born 11th February 1912, (20th February 1913), Stratford.

1911 Census - 71 Forest Road, Hartington, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. - Laurence Wright, head, age 25, married, general labourer, worker, born Southend-on-Sea, Essex; Ellen Wright, wife, age 24, married 6 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Bromley by Bow, London; Laurence Wright,  son, age 8, born Southend-on-Sea, Essex; Thomas Wright, son, age 4, born Southend-on-Sea, Essex;

Charles Burnip, boarder, age 38, married, coal miner, hewer, worker, born Lanchester, Durham; Charlotte Burnip, boarder, age 39, married 8 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Stepney, London; Gladys Burnip, boarder, age 7, born Mile End Old Town, London; Dorothy Burnip, boarder, age 5, born Stepney, London; Constance Burnip, boarder, age 3, born Lanchester, Durham.

Enlisted Southend, Essex, age 32 years & 2 months, (3months), height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 147lbs, fresh complexion, dark brown hair, blue eyes. Resided 21, Hartington Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Formerly dustman with Southend-on-Sea Corporation.

Home 11th December 1915 to 4th May 1917; BEF 5th May 1917 to 31st July 1917.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 1st June 1916, mobilized; 3rd June 1916, posted 5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Service No.29926; 22nd July 1916, declared a deserter; 28th August 1916, rejoined, absent 37 days; 30th August 1916,  awarded 28 days detention, forfeits 37 days pay; 23rd September 1916, declared a deserter; 10th November 1916, rejoins; 13th November 1916, awarded 28 days detention, forfeits 49 days pay; 9th December 1916, Great Lines, Chatham, absenting himself without leave; 4th January 1917, Southend, apprehended by the Civil Power, dressed in uniform, 27 days; 18th January 1917, awarded 112 days detention; 5th May 1917, posted BEF; 5th May 1917, posted 41st Infantry Base Depot; 5th May 1917, posted 18th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 22nd May 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd May 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31st July 1917, posted missing.

25th March 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 24/6 a week payable to wife, ceases.

8th April 1918, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow and two children, increasing to 25/5 1st May 1918. Pension not issuable for a third child in an Industrial School.

7th June 1920, Widow, Ellen Wright, 21 Hartington Road, Southend; Children - Laurence Wright, 8th April 1905, 21, Hartington Road, Southend; Thomas Wright, 27th December 1907, 21, Hartington Road, Southend; George Wright, 13th February 1913, 21, Hartington Road, Southend; Father, Frederick Wright, 67, Hartington Road, Southend; Mother, Fersra Wright, 67 Hartington Road, Southend; Brothers - Archbold Wright, age 33, 84, Hartington Road, Southend; Sisters - Ethel, age 38, London; Flo, age 41, London; Mious?, age 44, London.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate ), Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium / Southend on Sea War Memorial..