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George Wright
Informationen zu Geburt
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Geburtsdatum: 22/06/1890 |
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Geburtsort: Islington, Middlesex, England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
Allgemeine Informationen
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Beruf: Ober |
Informationen zum Armeedienst
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Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
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Truppe: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Rifleman |
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Dienstnummer: S/17587 |
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Einberufung ort: Islington, Middlesex, England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
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Einheiten: — The Rifle Brigade, 16th Bn. (St Pancras) (Letzte bekannte Einheit) |
Informationen zu Tod
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Sterbedatum: 31/07/1917 |
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Sterbeort: Kitchener’s Wood, Belgien |
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Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen |
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Alter: 27 |
Gedenkstätte
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Tafel: 50 |
Auszeichnungen und Orden 2
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British War Medal Medaille — 08/04/1920 |
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Victory Medal Medaille — 08/04/1920 |
Punkte von Interesse 3
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| #3 | Ort des Todes (ungefähr) |
Meine Geschichte
Rifleman George Wright, of Islington Middlesex was killed on 31 July 1917. George served with the 16th Battalion Rifle Brigade (117th Brigade, 39th Division)
The 16th Battalion was part of the advance on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele attacking towards Kitchener’s wood. The 16th Battalion Began their attack from Bilge Trench at zero hour, 3.50 a.m. They were on the right and attacked with the 17th Battalion king’s Royal Rifle Corps on the left. George’s Battalion was tasked with three objectives: capture the German front line trenches at Canadian Farm; capture the trench system in Kitchener’s Wood and finally secure crossings over the Steenbeek stream near Regina Cross. The attack was successful and all the objectives were met and held that day. However, 30 men were killed and a further 18 were reported missing. Rifleman George Wright was one of those men.
George Wright, 27, was killed during the attack on Kitchener’s Wood, leaving behind his wife, Ada Alice and his infant son, George. George Wright has no known resting place and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial to the missing.
The 16th Battalion was part of the advance on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele attacking towards Kitchener’s wood. The 16th Battalion Began their attack from Bilge Trench at zero hour, 3.50 a.m. They were on the right and attacked with the 17th Battalion king’s Royal Rifle Corps on the left. George’s Battalion was tasked with three objectives: capture the German front line trenches at Canadian Farm; capture the trench system in Kitchener’s Wood and finally secure crossings over the Steenbeek stream near Regina Cross. The attack was successful and all the objectives were met and held that day. However, 30 men were killed and a further 18 were reported missing. Rifleman George Wright was one of those men.
George Wright, 27, was killed during the attack on Kitchener’s Wood, leaving behind his wife, Ada Alice and his infant son, George. George Wright has no known resting place and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial to the missing.
Quellen 4
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"Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., London, Uniform, 2018, pg. 29-30. Verwendete Quellen |
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Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Weitere Quellen |
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The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Verwendete Quellen |
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War Diary The Rifle Brigade, 16th Bn. (St Pancras) http://www.nmarchive.com/ Weitere Quellen |
Weitere Informationen 3
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4896345 |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/912132 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=53823b05-a4e3-4357-a4ea-638d22aacdca |