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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
Links to
- CWGC Headstones -
- Belgium : Ypres area : Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery CWGC -
- William Gerald Wright -

Location

In Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
 
Description

Standard CWGC Headstone.
Grave location : XIII. B. 1.
Headstone


 
Inscription

SECOND LIEUTENANT
W.G. WRIGHT
HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
8TH JUNE 1917 AGE 24

SUNSHINE AND YOUTH
AND LAUGHTER
ALL HE GAVE IN SACRIFICE

 
Further Information

William Gerald Wright

Son of : William James Wright and Catherine Mary Wright (née Mears) of Upper Norwood, London. Both parents were born in Ryde, Isle of Wight.

Born : 1892, registered Croydon, Surrey.

Census Information :

1901 : William and Catherine Wright, with their children including William aged 8, are at 15 High View Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey. William Wright sen. is a Photographer.

1911 : William and Catherine Wright, with their children including William aged 18, are at 36 Harold Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey. William Wright sen. is a Photographer, William Wright jun. is a Stock Jobber's Clerk at the Stock Exchange.



CWGC record ...
 
Commmemorated on these Isle of Wight Memorials :

Carisbrooke Castle Isle of Wight Rifles Memorial Panel 02
Newport Drill Hall Isle of Wight Rifles War Memorial [Officers]



 
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