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Private S G Wright

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Private Sidney George WRIGHT, G/1764, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 1st July 1916.

Born Erith, Kent, son of Mrs Mary Sims..

1911 Census - 17 Manor Road, Erith, Kent - Harriet Wright, head, age 79, widow, married 56 years, 9 children, 6 still alive, born Erith, Kent; George Wright, grandson, age 28, single, crane driver, coal wharf, worker, born Erith, Kent; May Wright, grandaughter, age 14, born Belvedere, Kent; Maude Sims, boarder, age 21, single, factory hand, butter factory, worker, born Erith, Kent; Tom Sims, boarder, age 19, single, carman, coal wharf, worker, born Erith, Kent.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent.

26th July 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France / Erith War Memorial.