Commemorated: | |||
1. Memorial: | St. Nicolas British Cemetery | I. L. 5. | |
2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 51D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: |
Family :
Son of Thomas Bell Wright, of Wylam, Northumberland; husband of Elizabeth Mary Wright, of 60, Denton Gardens, Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Schoolmaster (1911) when resident at 110 Fairholme Road, Benwell.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
Unit / Ship / Est.: 24/Northumberland Fusiliers (Tyneside Irish) |
Action : The Arras Offensive and associated actions |
9 April - 16 June 1917. The Arras Offensive consisted of a series of linked attacks starting with the Anglo Canadian assault on the dominant Vimy Ridge feature through the battles in the Scarpe River valley and up to the assaults on the Hindenburg line in the summer of 1917.
Masonic :
Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
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Mother : | Tynedale No. 3067 E.C. | Northumberland |
Joined : | Eldon No. 3187 E.C. | Northumberland |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
1st April 1909 | 29th April 1909 | 3rd June 1909 |
Joined Eldon Lodge No. 3187 on 9th February 1912 from Tynedale Lodge No. 3067
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley
Last Updated: 2017-06-11 06:48:54