Private 24455 Sidney WRIGHT

Private 24455 Sidney Wright{gallery}Pte S wright{/gallery}16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 24th August 1918, aged 20.

• Buried: Adanac Military Cemetery, Rouen, Miraumont, Somme, France. Grave ref: III.E.4
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals.
  
• He had enlisted on 16 March 1917 and went to France in August 1917, he was wounded in November 1917 before being returned to the front in June 1918. [Tamworth Herald]
• Son of George and Hannah Wright of 344 Main Road, Kettlebrook 
• NNWFHS Memorial: Wilnecote
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Wright
• NNWFHS Wilnecote War Memorial Page
• Adanac Military Cemetery
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 1889 in Wilnecote
  
• Employed as a colliery labourer at Alvecote Colliery
  
• Schoolboy [1911]
• Lived at 15 Old Kettlebrook, Wilnecote Lane, Wilnecote  [1911]