Henry Wright
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Henry Wright
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Henry Wright was born on 31 May 1878 in Oakridge. He was the son of John Wright and Hephzibah Hunt. John Wright was a road labourer and lived in Oakridge Lynch. Henry enrolled in Oakridge School on 12 June 1882 and left on 13 January 1890. He went to work as a builders labourer and was a member of the Oakridge cricket team (see photo, he is in the front row with the cricket bat). He never married and in 1911 he was living with his parents in Oakridge Lynch and his sister Alice and her two children. Alice's husband Thomas White was to lose his life in May 1916 whilst serving with the 11th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Henry Wright enlisted in Stroud in the 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). He served as a private and was killed in action on 3 May 1917 in France aged 38.
He is buried at Cuckoo Passage Cemetery at Heninel.
Henry Wright enlisted in Stroud in the 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). He served as a private and was killed in action on 3 May 1917 in France aged 38.
He is buried at Cuckoo Passage Cemetery at Heninel.
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Oakridge History Group
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“Henry Wright,” Oakridge Archives, accessed May 5, 2024, https://oakridgearchives.omeka.net/items/show/172.