Private 26659 Harold Wright

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 17th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 29/12/1915

Age at death: 19
Date of death: 9th of April 1917 (Monday)
Born: Leeds, Yorks
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Arras Memorial - Bay 3.

Family details:
Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Wright, of 22, Silkstone St., St. Helens, Lancs. Mother Sarah Ann is sole legatee.

Census details:
1901 - 3 years old Harold is living at 17 Allerton Terrace, Headingley, Leeds with parents Thomas (25) and Sarah A (24). Visitor Jack Gray (27) was also at the address. 1911 - Sees 13 years old schoolboy Harold as a patient in St Helens Hospital, Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Wright_H_26659_KLR_a.jpg[/pic][pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Wright_H_26659_KLR_b.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/H_Wright_KLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Private Harold Wright on the Arras Memorial (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]