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Wright Fred Private 86872

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/18942

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SKR/DAT/IP/18942
Title
Wright Fred Private 86872
Date
2000-2024
Description

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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
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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Machine Gun Corps Database

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Wright Fred Private 86872