Name
Chris Wright
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
16/10/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
13/84514
Rifle Brigade
53rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HITCHIN CEMETERY
South 960
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial,
St Mary's Church Roll of Honour (Book), Hitchin,
British Schools Museum Memorial, Hitchin
Pre War
He was the youngest son of Edmund and Selina Wright of 43, Ickleford Road, Hitchin.
Before being called up he had been employed by the Country Gentlemen's Association in Letchworth. He was also a member of the 3rd Hitchin Troop of Boy Scouts. Born and resident in Hitchin, he enlisted in Hertford.
Wartime Service
Chris was allocated Regimental Number TR/13/84514 and posted to the 10th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade although at the time of his death he was in training with the 53rd Young Service Battalion of the Rifle Brigade in Northampton.
He had only been in the army for four-weeks when he contracted influenza in Northampton. This developed into pneumonia and he died in Abington V.A.D. hospital. He was buried in Grave S.960 in Hitchin Cemetery.
Additional Information
He had two brothers serving in the army, Fred who was made a German prisoner of war and Douglas who served in Egypt.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
