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Wright Fred Private 86872
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/18942
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- SKR/DAT/IP/18942
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Title (The name of the record)
- Wright Fred Private 86872
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: Wright;
Forename(s): Fred;
Initials: F;
Number: 86872;
Rank: Private;
Born in: Ripon, Yorks;
Enlisted in: Ripon;
Enlistment Date: 05-Oct-1916;
Previous Number: 330956;
Previous Regiment: Army Service Corps;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 12 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (1): 12 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (2): 35 Bn;
Date abroad: 25-Apr-1917;
Theatre of War: 1;
How killed: KIA;
Where: France;
When killed: 01-Jun-1918;
Other Data: b 1898
"B" Coy, posted missing, Red X list, June 1918
Wd & missing 1/6/1918
War Office Casualty List 10/9/1918 (wounded & missing)
WO363(FMP)
OC of 12 Coy stated in his character Ref (on leaving 12 Coy) that he had been recommended for the Military Medal;Other Notes: WRIGHT, Private, FRED, 86872. 35th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 1st June 1918. Age 20. Son of William Robinson Wright and Isabel Wright, of 37, Magdalen Rd., Ripon, Yorks. Panel 90 to 93. Pozieres Memorial - Somme, France.;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/23934a29-880d-409b-a921-e27c91ac545b/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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This record is held at Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
Within the file: SKR/DAT/IP
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Wright Fred Private 86872