Worcestershire Regiment

Surname	Wright
Forename	William
Rank	Private
Army No	8448
Battalion	3rd
Commissioned	Not set
Date Of Wounds	Not set
Wounds
Died Killed	1914-11-07
Death Details	Killed by shell-fire east of Ploegsteert Wood, Bel
Enlisted Date	Not set
Enlisted Location
Date Of Birth	Not set
Birth Place
Residence	Birmingham
Discharged	Not set
Theatre Of War	France
Date Of Entry	1914-09-19
Z Class
Surname Spellings
Other Info	Died age 30. Son of Henry and Sarah Wright, of 54 Potters Hill, Aston, Birmingham. On the 7th November 1914 in the darkness between 3 and 4 a.m. very heavy shell-fire was opened on the British line east of Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium. For an hour shells crashed down on the Battalion's line killing most of the men. Then about 5 a.m. masses of German infantry came plunging through the fog. YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Panel 34.

3rd Worcestershire Regiment 8448 Private

The British War Medal

The 1914 Star

The Allied Victory Medal

Clasp to the 1914 Star

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Wright Private 8448