Private 12163 Willoughby WRIGHT

Private 12163 Willoughby Wright{gallery}Pte W G Banks{/gallery}9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Loos, France and Flanders, 30th September 1915, aged 28

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• Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Panel 35 – 37
  
• Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Sarah Wright of 64 Fitton Street, Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Wright
• Loos Memorial
• Devonshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1887 and baptised 3 Jul 1887 at Chilvers Coton
• Attended Chilvers Coton Boys School
  
•  Lived at 5 Mill House, Chilvers Coton [190]
•  Living at 78 Fitton Street, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner [1911]
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Disembarked in France 27 Jul 1915