The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Wright

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Private Franklin WRIGHT, G/24659, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 4205, The Buffs),  killed in action, Flanders France, 3rd May 1917.

Born St George, Warwickshire, son of Julia A Wright.

1911 Census - 39 Charlotte Road, Edgbaston,  Birmingham - Julia Annie Wright, head, age 59, widow, lodging house keeper, born Wednesbury, Staffordshire; Edith Grace Ellen Wright, daughter, age 35, single, no busines, born Stowton, Staffordshire; Agnes Annie Wright, daughter, age 33, single, assistant secretary, worker, born  Birmingham; Franklin Wright, son, age 25, single, shop assistant, worker, born Birmingham; Mabel Lettie Morris, boarder, age 34, cookery teacher, born Elmdon Vic, Safftron Walden; Frederick George Greenwood, lodger, age 28, single, manufacture gas fittings, Master, born Brixton, London.

Enlisted Birmingham, Warwickshire.  Resided 39 Charlotte Road, Edgbaston,  Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Commemorated at Arras Memorial, Bay 7, Pas de Calais, France.