Clarence Victor WRIGHT

Main CPGW Record

Surname: WRIGHT

Forename(s): Clarence Victor

Place of Birth: Oxenhope, Yorkshire

Service No: 24701

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion

Division: 17th (Northern) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-04-25

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 6.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Clarence Victor Wright was the son of William and Annie Rebecca Wright, née Goddard. William was born at Haworth, Yorkshire and Annie at Bobbingworth, Essex.

1901 Oxenhope, Yorkshire Census: Uppertown - Clarence V. Wright, aged 8 years, born Oxenhope, son of William and Annie Wright.

1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 5, Commercial Street - Clarence Victor Wright, aged 18 years, born Oxenhope, Yorkshire, son of William and Annie Wright.

The British Army Service Record for Clarence Victor Wright exists but may be incomplete. In the record, Clarence is stated as wounded and missing, 25 April 1917.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Clarence V. Wright, 24701, W. Rid. R. Pres. dead 25.4.17.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Clarence Victor Wright, 24701, 9th W. Rid. R. Pres. dead 25.4.17.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Clarence Victor Wright, 24701, 9th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: On or since 25.4.17. Death pres'd. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William. £5 10s. 3d.

A short biography of Clarence is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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