Name
Edward Arthur Wright
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
105858
1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Biography
Edward Wright (or Edwin as he was sometimes known) was born in the summer of 1896 at Abbots Langley. His parents Thomas and Sarah Wright had had three children and had taken in a fourth child – Herbert – who was listed as a “Nurse Child” in the 1911 Census. Herbert also served in the Great War.
At the time of the 1901 Census the family lived at Breakspear Road in Abbots Langley. Thomas worked as a Gardener. However, by 1911 Sarah was listed as the Head of the Household and the family had moved to Troley Bottom. Thomas was not listed in the 1911 Census. In 1911 Edward worked as a Garden Boy.
Edward was recorded in the Abbots Langley Parish Magazine Roll of Honour for the first time in December 1915, serving with the Hertfordshire Yeomanry. He was listed with the same unit throughout the War. The 1st Herts Yeomanry served at Gallipoli, before Edward joined, and spent the rest of the War serving in the Middle East or on the Western Front, in France.
Edward was listed in the Absent Voter Records for Autumn 1918 and Spring 1919, serving with the 1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry, and his address was given at 34a Adrian Road, Abbots Langley.
Edward Wright survived the War, as did his half-brother Herbert, who had served with the Royal Navy.
Acknowledgments
Roger Yapp - www.backtothefront.org
