Herbert Wright
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 23326. Private. F.Co. 12 Canadians. Brother of Geo. Former Barrack St. (Street) Class & Club. During Winter - 4th Brigade. Larkhill . Furlough in Dec. bad cold. Reported Mar. 1. June 16 Aug.20 Wrote to get allowance for mother Sept. 10 Nov. 26. 2nd Canadian Div. (Division) Cyclist Co. G.P.O. London May 1916 In Belgium June 22. Nov.1916 2nd Can. Div. Cyclists, c/o Army P.O. London Apl. 1917. Nov. 1917 as before Nov.2.1918. Killed by Machine Gun. while on Patrol near Valenciennes. Buried at Aulnay (sic - actually Aulnoy)' Note: At bottom of H Wright's page writ large in pencil 'Add in ......... Dead. J D Corris W.J.Clague T.H.Caugherty A.E.Allen.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/14)
Lived at Widow's House