Gunner 1192 Samuel WRIGHT

Gunner 1192 Samuel Wright{gallery}Gnr S Wright{/gallery}78th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action in the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), France and Flanders, 23rd April 1917, aged 21

• Buried: Tilloy British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave I.B.17
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Thomas and Mary Annie Wright [nee Smith] of 229 Hill Top, Chilvers Coton
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Chilvers Coton All Saints | Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Gunner Wright
• Tilloy British Cemetery
• Royal Field Artillery

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1896 at Chilvers Coton
• Lived at 121 College Street, Chilvers Coton [1911]
  
• Employed as a banksman at a coal mine [1911]
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Entered Theatre on 12 Jul 1915