Private 14626 Wilfred Wright - Whitby

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 01/05/1915

Age at death: 22
Date of death: 14th of September 1915 (Tuesday)
Born: Widnes, Lancashire
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Cambrin Military Cemetery - A. 6.

Family details:
Son of Thomas and Sarah Whitby, of 49, Waterdale Crescent, Sutton Oak, St. Helens, Lancs. Next-of-kin from service papers: Mrs Sarah Whitby (mother), 9 Garnett Street, Sutton, St Helens. Father Thomas is legatee.

Census details:
1901 - 4 years old Wilfred W is living at 6 Eliza Street, Sutton, St Helens with parents Thomas (35), Sarah C (37) and four siblings: Maud R (14), Edith A (6), Alexander P (4), Thomas H (1). Also at the address is Sarah's brother Ernest Wright (21). 1911 - Not found.

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url] [url=lmem.php?lmem=22]Also Remembered on Sutton St Nicholas's War Memorial[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_people/WhitbyW_Whitby_AlexP.jpg[/pic][caption]Brother Alexander P Whitby also served. The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M.[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/WW_Whitby_KLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Wilfred Wright-Whitby at Cambrin Military Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Margaret Dufay.)[/caption]