We remember Horace Wright

We remember Horace Wright

Timeline

Timeline

1898
birth Holmer Green United Kingdom Source:6208847 Source:8914783 23rd January 1898
1916
enlistment High Wycombe United Kingdom Source:8914783 29th May 1916
1916
service Royal Navy Able Seaman R/365 63rd Division, Royal Naval Division. Hawke Battalion Source:8914783 29th May 1916 - 3rd February 1917
employment Horace was an Upholsterer during the start of WW1 Holmer Green High Wycombe area United Kingdom Source:8914783
service Royal Navy R/365 Royal Naval Division Source:6208847
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:8914783
location Pleasure View, Holmer Green, Amersham, Bucks United Kingdom Source:6208847
1917
death Killed in Action Missing, presumed Killed in Action in the Ancre area of Picardy, France, very close to the Somme Somme France Source:8914783 3rd February 1917
burial Thiepval Memorial CWGC Cemetery/Memorial France Pier and Face 1A Source:8914783

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Horace
Initials H
Last Name Wright
Source 6208847
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Pleasure View, Holmer Green, Amersham, Bucks United Kingdom
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Royal Navy R/365 Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy R/365 63rd Division, Royal Naval Division. Hawke Battalion Able Seaman
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Ada Ann Tilbury mother
Horace Wright father
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
Fresh Blue Dark Brown
DateHeightSource
1916-05-29 5'4"
Religion
DateReligionSource
Baptist

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Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920

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