World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Cuthbert George Edwin Wright
Forename(s):
Cuthbert George Edwin
Surname:
Wright
Initial(s):
C G E
Service Number:
12668/DA
Rank:
Second-Hand
Regiment:
Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Victory
Died:
20/10/1918
Aged:
20
Buried:
Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire
Service History:
Wright's service records are available at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8520169.
Died in the Royal Navy Hospital at Haslar, Portsmouth, from pnuemonia.
Background:
Born on 25 July 1898, at Newton-by-the-Sea, Embleton, Northumberland, the youngest son of Alexander (b. about 1867; at Embleton; an Inshore Coast Fisherman) & Lucy (b. about 1865; at Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland) Wright, of 4, Rose Cottage, Newton-by-the-Sea, Embleton.
Six siblings: Christianna (b. about 1884; who lived away from the family in 1911, perhaps through marriage); William (b. about 1889; an Inshore Coast Fisherman); John A. (b. about 1890; not mentioned in the 1911 Census); Catherine Jane (b. about 1893; a Farm Worker); Aina A. A. (b. about 1896; a Dressmaker's Apprentice in 1911); & Lily Eveline (b. about 1903; still at school). All were born at Newton-by-the-Sea.
Wright was still at school in 1911 but there's every reason to believe he'll have followed his father & brother into Inshore Coastal Fishing on completion of his education.
One of two sons lost: see, also, Deck-Hand William Wright (Service #15949/DA; Royal Naval Reserve; HM Drifter 'Harvest Moon'; Died 14 October 1918). The brothers died less than a week apart.
Local Memorial:
Embleton, Memorial Obelisk in Spitalford Cemetery
(Source: newmp.org.uk)