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Private William WRIGHT, G/20053, 1st Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 26th October 1917, age 25.

Born Dilhorne, Staffordshire, son of Joseph Samuel and Harriet Wright, of 11, Dilhorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

1911 Census - Dilhorne, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire - Joseph Samuel Wright, head, age 50, married, general labourer, worker, born Dilhorne, Stafford; Harriet Wright, wife, age 54, married 26 years, 6 children, 5 still alive, born Stoke by Stone, Stafford; William Wright, son, age 18, single, coal miners loader, underground, born Dilhorne, Stafford; Mary Ellen Wright, daughter, age 15, single, at home, born Dilhorne, Stafford; Thomas Wright, son, age 12, school, born Dilhorne, Stafford.

Enlisted Lichfield, Staffordshire, age 23/24, height 5ft 8 inches.  Resided Broadfields Croxhall, ichfield, Staffordshire. Formerly farmer.

Home 11th December 1915 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 26th October 1917.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 11th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 23rd April 1917, mobilized; 25th April 1917, posted No.3. Depot, General Service Cavalry, Service No.37517; 10th May 1917, posted 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment; 1st September 1917, transferred to Royal Fusiliers, Service No.G/59212, for posting to 5th Reserve Battalion, London Regiment, Service No.20053; 12th October 1917, posted BEF & 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th October 1917, posted missing.

25th August 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 17-/ a week payable to Mother, will cease.

Commemorated  at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium / Dilhorne Staffordshire Roll of Honour.