George was baptised on 17/12/1905 at St Matthew’s Church. His parents were Joshua Thomas Wright, a waterworks labourer, and Lucy Ann (nee Austin). They had 7 children:
George Austin 1894
Else 1895
Ida 1889
William 1900
Amy 1904
Frances Dorothy 1907
1 unknown
In 1901 census the family were living at 53 Farnham Street with Grandmother.
1910, Joshua Wright died aged 42.
In 1911 census they were still at 53 Farnham Street and George was a LNWR van guard.
1915 Lucy Ann remarried a John Wardle.
George is on the Thiepval Memorial (pier and face 2C&3A).
George’s photograph appears in –
Daily Post 29.9.1916 Pg1
Leicester Mercury 21.9.1916 Pg4
