2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
16/05/1915 (Killed in Action)
Age:
28
Summary
George Wright was born in Aughnacloy about 1887. George Wright enlisted in Belfast. 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. Private George Wright has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial.
Further Information
George Wright was born in Aughnacloy about 1887.
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.
George Wright enlisted in Belfast.
Private George Wright arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 23rd August 1914.
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.
Last Will and Testament of George Wright:
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.
Private George Wright has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, near Bethune in France.
Private George Wright is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial as Private G H Wright on the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers panel.
The CWGC record Private George Wright as the husband of Isabella Rhodes (formerly Wright), of 11 Brick Row, Framwellgate Moor, Durham.
