Wounded and admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds to the neck, October 1915. He had only just turned 17 years of age, having been granted special request to accompany his battery to the front although officially under age for foreign service.
Wright, James –
Personal details
- Surname: Wright
- Forename: James
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: Not known
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: Not known
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Not known
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- CWGC Memorial: Not known
- CWGC reference: Not known
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 05/11/1915
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5f