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20/01/2022 Sergeant Samuel Wright, who served and died with the US Army, was also from Aughnacloy. He had a brother called George but he, according to Findagrave records, died in Linesville, Pennsylvania in 1955.
14/01/2022 Private George Wright is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial as Private G H Wright on the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers panel.
14/01/2022 Private George Wright arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 23rd August 1914.
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30/12/2015
30/12/2015 In the event of my death, I give the whole of my property and effects to my wife Isabella Wright. Signed 9056 Private G Wright. A Company. 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. On active Service.
30/12/2015
30/12/2015 Last Will and Testament of George Wright:
30/12/2015 The CWGC record Private George Wright as the husband of Isabella Rhodes (formerly Wright), of 11 Brick Row, Framwellgate Moor, Durham.
30/12/2015 Private George Wright has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, near Bethune in France.
30/12/2015 Private George Wright was serving with B Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 16th May 1915. He was 28 years old.
30/12/2015 George Wright enlisted in Belfast.
30/12/2015 George Wright was born in Aughnacloy about 1887.
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