Royal Irish Regt., only surviving _s._ of Frederick Wookey, of
Weston Lodge, Leixlip, co. Dublin, J.P., a member of the firm of Wookey
& Son, Ltd., Washed Flock Manufacturers, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of
Colin McCalman; _b._ Rathmines, co. Dublin, 1 July, 1887; educ.
privately; Campbell College, Belfast, where he won two scholarships;
and the Royal College of Science, Dublin, passing in with a scholarship
and obtaining the distinction of a pass “with credit” in 13 of the
16 examinations, and was awarded the Diploma of Associateship in the
Faculty of Engineering. After this he went to Sir Howard Grubb’s for
about a year, thence to the British Westinghouse Co., Manchester,
for practical knowledge of all kinds of engineering, in order that
he might qualify himself to take charge of his father’s factory,
Electric Lighting, etc. Here he for some time worked for Mr. Bissett
in the Large Machine Drawing Office, and was afterwards transferred to
Production Department where he remained until 1913, when he returned
to Leixlip. He was first Secretary and then Director of Wookey & Sons,
but gave up everything when war was declared. He joined the O.T.C.
about 6 Aug. and on Tuesday, 8 Sept. 1914, enlisted as a Motor Despatch
Rider in the Reserve Signal Corps of the Royal Engineers, leaving for
Chatham that day. He was given a commission at the Front, dated 14
Feb. 1915, and learning from his Commanding Officer that they wanted
to fill up the gaps caused by casualties he joined the 1st Battn. of
the Royal Irish, though he could have come home for training either in
the Artillery or Royal Engineers. He was fatally wounded, when leading
his company at St. Eloi on 15 March, 1915, after his Commanding
Officer, Col. Forbes, had been wounded at Cross Roads, and died at No.
2 Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, on Friday the 19th. He was buried in the
military portion of the cemetery there on Tuesday morning the 23rd;
_unm._ Writing to his father the Acting Adjutant, Lieut. T. E.
H. Taylor, said: “Two motives prompt me in writing to you concerning
the death of your son, 2nd Lieut. F. M. Wookey. One is that I wish to
do so in my official position as Adjutant (Acting) of this battn. and
the other is that I wish to tell you how proud I am of the perfect
coolness and gallantry with which your son advanced with his men, up
that fir-swept street of St. Eloi, until he was wounded. In common
with all old Campbell College boys, I am proud to be able to say I was
a schoolfellow of your son’s. Your son was with “C” Coy.--Commanded
by Major Lillie with another subaltern, called Gordon-Ralph. In the
hurried rush into the village of St. Eloi, under a very heavy fire,
our companies got very scattered. Major Lillie collected some of his
company, and advanced to the assault. Your son, also, got together as
many as he could, and went, at the head of his men, straight for the
barrier held by the Germans. Our assault had to be made, straight up
the street, in the face of a deadly fire from rifles and machine-guns,
both in front and on our right flank. I was with the Commanding
Officer, and helped him to a place of safety when he was wounded,
during which time the assault had advanced further up the street. When
I returned from carrying Col. Forbes back to safety, I found that the
assault had been checked by the enemy’s fire. We had then reached to
within 30 yards of the enemy’s barricades, but all in front had been
either killed or wounded, and those who could do so proceeded to occupy
the houses on both sides of the street. In this first rush Major Lillie
was killed--also Lieuts. Fottrell and Ford, and your son was severely
wounded--evidently by machine-gun fire--in the legs. I did not see him,
myself, but this was reported to me by a survivor who returned, and had
seen your son fall. No one could get up to the killed and wounded, as
the Germans kept up a heavy fire, and, by means of their flare lights,
they could see the slightest move on our part. Just before dawn, on the
15th, some men who had got into a ruined house just opposite where your
son fell, were able to get to him, and brought him in from the street
behind the end of the house. He was then safe from the enemy’s fire.
The poor fellow lay there all that day--no one could get back from that
place with him. Next day the Germans allowed us to take back some of
our wounded, and we brought him in to the dressing station, from where
he was sent to No. 2 Clearing Hospital, Bailleul. I spoke to him, while
he was being carried in, asked him how he felt, and he answered, in his
quiet, cheery way, “These are great lads, to bring me back now.” He
did not seem to be in any pain at all, in spite of one of his ankles
being completely severed by the machine-gun fire. I went back later,
to the dressing station to see him, and found that all his wounds had
been dressed, and that he was sleeping peacefully on a stretcher. The
doctors feared that the shock of his wounds would prove fatal, but
hoped for the best. That was the last I saw of your son. I can realise
what his loss means to you, and all his family. Our present Commanding
Officer has asked me to try and express to you how very much we all
sympathise with you in your sad bereavement. His death has been a most
noble one. His example, which he set to the men who followed him that
night, to almost certain death, was one of the features of the fight of
which all of us are most proud.”
[Illustration: =Frederick M. Wookey.=]
=WOOLF, NATHAN=, Rifleman, No. 2520, 17th Battn. (Poplar and
Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Morris Woolf,
of 14, Lincoln Street, Bow, E.; _b._ Commercial Road, E., 5 Aug.
1894; educ. Jews’ Free School, Birmingham; joined the week after
mobilisation; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was
killed in action at Loos, 17 Sept. 1915: _unm._
[Illustration: =Nathan Woolf.=]
=WOOLLEY, GEORGE FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 7925, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WOOLLEY, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B.
1169), 279527, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22
Sept. 1914.
=WOOTTEN, ALFRED=, Private, No. 6995, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late Richard Wootten, of Somersham, by his
wife, Rebecca, dau. of James Ruff, of Somersham; _b._ Somersham,
co. Hunts, 14 July, 1885; educ. there; enlisted at Lincoln, 23 Oct.
1906, and after serving seven years with the Colours, was transferred
to the Army Reserve, 23 Oct. 1913, with “Exemplary” character. On
mobilisation he rejoined, 6 Aug. 1914, went to France with the
Expeditionary Force, 9 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital
at Braisne, 1 Oct. 1914, from wounds received in action at Troyon,
on 29 Sept. during the Battle of the Aisne. Brig.-Gen. H. W. Studd,
Coldstream Guards, wrote: “No more faithful, true, and gallant soldier
gave his life for his country. He did his duty as a Guardsman and lived
and died a Coldstreamer.” He _m._ at Stansted, Essex, 10 April,
1909, Florence (3, Gray Street, Manchester Square, W.), dau. of William
Perry, of Stanstead, and had two children: Alfred Frank, _b._ 29
Nov. 1911; and Florence Pamela, _b._ 4 March, 1910.
[Illustration: =Alfred Wootten.=]
=WOOTTON, JAMES FREDERICK=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2522B, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WORDSWORTH, ALEXANDER GERALD=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Middlesex
Regt., 5th _s._ of the Rev. John Wordsworth, Vicar of Allhallows,
Mealsgate, Cumberland, and formerly a Capt. in the same regt., by his
wife, Rose Geraldine, dau. of the Rev. Alexander Williams, M.A., Rector
of Upcerne, Dorset; _b._ Gosforth Rectory, co. Cumberland, 28
Oct. 1880; educ. Charney Hall, Grange-over-Sands, and Loretto School,
Musselburgh; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Middlesex from the Cumberland
Militia, 29 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 4 May, 1904, and Capt. 6
March, 1912; and was Adjutant, 9 March, 1912, to 9 March, 1914; served
in South Africa, 1902, took part in operations in Transvaal, May
(Queen’s medal with three clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders, from 7 Nov. to 6 Dec. 1914, on which day he was
killed in action in the trenches near Laventie. Buried in the orchard
of a farmhouse, La Flinque, near Laventie; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander G. Wordsworth.=]
=WORSFOLD, EDWARD=, Private, No. 2385, 2/4th Battn. Queen’s Royal
West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Worsfold, of Thorley
Cottage, Pyrford, near Woking, Cowman, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of
Richard Woolger; was a Gardener; _b._ Pyrford aforesaid, 15 Nov.
1895; educ. Pyrford Council School; enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; left England
for the Dardanelles July, and was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915;
_unm._
=WORSFOLD, STEPHEN=, Private, No. 20175, Supery. Coy. 2/5th Battn.
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late
William Worsfold, of Holmwood, Dorking, by his wife, Betsy Ann, dau. of
(--). Tidy; _b._ South Holmwood, 4 Sept. 1871; educ. there; was
a Gardener; served for sometime with the 2nd Vol. Battn. The Queen’s
R.W. Surrey Volunteers; was called up after the outbreak of war, 19
Oct. 1914, with the Veteran Reserve, and died suddenly at Chilworth, 1
Jan. 1916, of syncope, while changing guard. He _m._ at Dorking,
26 Oct. 1901, Lilian Caroline (5, Cotmandene Square, Dorking, Surrey),
yst. dau. of James Howard, of Dorking, and had five children: Stephen
Noel, _b._ 25 Dec. 1912; Adelaide Lilian, _b._ 25 May, 1902;
Gladys Emma, _b._ 2 Aug. 1904; Evelyn Louise, _b._ 27 Sept.
1906; and Norah Eileen, _b._ 12 April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Stephen Worsfold.=]
=WORSLEY, CHARLES SACKVILLE PELHAM, LORD=, Lieut., Royal Horse
Guards (The Blues), eldest _s._ and heir of Charles, 4th Earl of
Yarborough, P.C., by his wife, Marcia Amelia Mary, _suo jure_ 7th
Baroness Fauconberg, and 13th Baroness Conyers; _b._ London, S.W.,
14 Aug. 1887; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Oct. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 6 Oct. 1908;
was extra A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, K.C.B., G.C.B., Aldershot
command, from 1912 to 1913, when he rejoined his regt.; went to France
with the Expeditionary Force in one of the special brigades, and was
given the command of the machine-gun detachment, for which work he
had been specially trained; and was killed in action at Zandvoorde,
Flanders, 30 Oct. 1914. On this day the Germans attempted a general
offensive on the whole front from Nieuport to Arras, and there was
severe fighting to the south of Ypres, in which region Zandvoorde
was one of the Allies’ _points d’appui_. After the engagement
Lord Worsley was reported missing, and for some time was believed to
be a prisoner, but later evidence of his death in action this day
was received. He was gazetted Capt. after his death, 15 Nov. 1915.
He _m._ at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, 31 Jan. 1911, the Hon.
Alexandra Vivian, dau. of Hussey Crespigny, 3rd Baron Vivian P.C.,
G.C.M.G.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Lord Worsley.=]
=WORTABET, JOHN CECIL=, Private, No. 1625, 9th Battn. 3rd Brigade,
Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Emin Whiting Wortabet, of
Babbacombe, Torquay, co. Devon, formerly an Official of the Imperial
Ottoman Bank, by his wife, Emma Elizabeth (Marie), dau. of Michael
Constantinidi, of Liverpool and Nicosia, Cyprus, and grandson of the
late Dr. John Wortabet; _b._ Nicosia, Cyprus, 1 Nov. 1886; educ.
The High School, Glasgow, and Bath College; and on leaving there in
1904, joined the Cairo Branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, but in
1909 went to Australia and settled in Queensland as an Assistant
in a Station; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of
war, and joined the 9th Battn. A.I.F., left for Egypt with the third
reinforcements, 13 Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 29 April, 1915,
and died on the hospital ship Gascon, 14 May following, of wounds
received in action at Gaba Tepe on the previous day; _unm._ He was
a good shot and an accomplished horseman.
[Illustration: =John Cecil Wortabet.=]
=WORTH, JOHN ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9273),
S.S. 106472, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=WORTHINGTON, ARTHUR TOM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1316), 203289, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WRATTEN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24625, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WRAY, HERBERT JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 1647), 191296,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=WRIGHT, ALBERT GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B.
2091), 173141, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Wright, of Canewdon,
near Rochford, co. Essex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the
North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WRIGHT, ALLAN O’HALLORAN=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Royal
Irish Rifles, yst. _s._ of the late Frederick Wright, Consul at
Adelaide, by his wife, Frances Jane (Clanferzeal, Redhill, Surrey),
dau. of the late Major Thomas Shuldham O’Halloran, 97th Regt.;
_b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 27 April, 1886; educ. St. Peter’s
College, Adelaide, and Bedford Grammar School; served some time in the
Bedfordshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers), and joined the Sussex Royal
Garrison Artillery (Militia) in 1903, was promoted Lieut. 1905, and
entered the regular army as 2nd Lieut., 1st Royal Irish Rifles, 29 May,
1907, being promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1909, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; was
Adjutant from 1 Jan. 1913; served in the South African War, 1899–1900,
with the Mounted Rifles (Queen’s medal with three clasps); and with
the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Oct. 1914 to 13
March, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle;
_unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s
Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and
distinguished service in the field. Gen. A. Lowry Cole wrote of him:
“We have all lost a dear comrade and a good soldier, who met his death
assisting his Col. to lead his Battn. against the enemy.” He was Scout
Officer of his Battn., also Instructor of Musketry, Signalling and
Gunnery. Went in extensively for polo and all sports, and for music,
and composed Military marches and other compositions. He was in action
before 14 years of age in the Boer War.
[Illustration: =Allan O’Halloran Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7555), 189743, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=WRIGHT, EDWARD=, A.B., 213768, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, EDWIN=, Capt. Prince of Wales’s, 3rd Dragoon Guards, only
surviving child of James Walker Wright, M. Inst. C.E., London, late
Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Assam, India, and Secretary to
the Chief Commissioner of Assam, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Joseph
Hodgson, of Crofton Mills, Blyth, Northumberland; _b._ Jalandhar,
Punjab, 27 Nov. 1879, came to England, 1883; educ. Bedford Grammar
School and Greenwich Naval College, entered the Royal Marine Artillery,
as 2nd Lieut., 1 Sept. 1897, promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1898, and left
Greenwich, 30 June, 1899. He passed his torpedo course (H.M.S. Vernon),
in 1900, and was appointed to H.M.S. Repulse (Channel Fleet), 22 Dec.
1900, till Dec. 1901. On leaving this ship he became Assistant Adjutant
in his branch, Jan. 1902, a post he gave up on his promotion to the
rank of Capt. 3 Dec. 1904. In the following year (1 Aug.) he took up
the Adjutancy of the South-East of Scotland Royal Garrison Artillery
Militia, a post for which his big-gun training fitted him. He resigned
the Adjutancy 11 Aug. 1908, was placed on half-pay and served as
A.D.C. to Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet, Governor of South Australia, from
Feb. 1909 to Jan. 1911. Returning to England he took the opportunity
offered him of going into the cavalry at the foot of the captains’ list
in the 3rd Dragoon Guards at a time when the training of cavalry was
exercising the minds of the authorities. He served with the regt. at
Aldershot and Hounslow and subsequently at Cairo, till sent to join
the Expeditionary Force in France after the outbreak of war. He was
killed in action at Ypres, 17 Nov. 1914. His death is thus described
in a letter from a comrade: “The Prussian Guard were attacking and
some of them rushed into some cottages between Wright’s trench and
the next squadron trench; he rushed out of his trench with some men,
and killed them all in the cottages, accounting for five himself. He
then went back to his trench and took up a rifle and started shooting
at the Germans in front, but a piece of bullet took a piece of his
left thumb away, and damaged the rifle. This misfortune was followed
by the bursting of a shell which killed him.... His squadron took the
brunt of the attack, and he was responsible for a splendid piece of
work in repulsing it....” His body was taken to Ypres that night and
buried in the churchyard there the following day. Splendid testimony
of his devotion to his men is given in a letter from Private O’Brien,
who writing to his wife said: “There are many instances of bravery I
saw myself. One in particular was that of Capt. Wright of my squadron
who crept out under a heavy artillery and rifle fire to try and bring
in two wounded men. He succeeded in bringing back to the trench Jack
Lavery, who had been shot. He also bandaged up and placed in safety
L.-Corpl. Fraser, who had the back of his head blown off by a shell.”
Capt. Wright _m._ at Adelaide, South Australia, 21 Sept. 1910,
Christine Margret, dau. of Thomas Elder Barr-Smith, of Birksgate, Glen
Osmond, Adelaide; _s.p._ He was well known as a polo player and at
Hurlingham was on the “four” mark.
[Illustration: =Edwin Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, HARRY THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5706), 203886, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=WRIGHT, HUGH STAFFORD NORTHCOTE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. 8th Gurkha
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Frederick Wright, for many years
senior superintendent and later Inspector General of Police in Berar,
India, by his wife, Frances Louisa (Kilcor Castle, Fermoy, co. Cork),
dau. of the late Henry Edmund Goodhall, of Sherwood Lodge, Upper
Norwood; _b._ Akola, Berar, India, 14 Dec. 1877; educ. Chigwell
School, Chigwell, Essex (Rev. Canon R. D. Swallow), and later at
Heidelberg College. He was on plague duty in India, when the South
African War broke out, and enlisted in Lumsden’s Horse, sailing from
Calcutta 27 Feb. 1900. He obtained his commission in the Army Service
Corps, 9 Aug. 1900. Col. Lumsden, in writing to his mother, said: “The
pleasure was mine in recommending your boys [Capt. Wright’s younger
brother enlisted at the same time] for their commissions. They turned
out excellent troopers and fought loyally for Queen and Country; I
have no doubt they will do equally well in the future. They are much
indebted to General Tucker, who strongly supported my recommendation at
Headquarters.” He was promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1901, and Capt. 15 Sept.
1909; took part in operations both in the Transvaal and the Orange
Colony; entered Pretoria with Lord Roberts, receiving the Queen’s medal
with three clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps, and returned
to England in Nov. 1902. After a course at Aldershot, he was sent on
duty to Cork, and from there to India for five years, arriving at
Bombay 22 Jan. 1904; in 0ct. 1905, he went to Rawal Pindi for manœuvres
in connection with the Prince of Wales’ visit; and from 1906–1908 he
commanded 13th Mule Corps at Poona, returning to England in Jan. 1909,
when he commanded the 15th Coy. A.S.C. at Bulford Camp, Salisbury,
till 1912. On 19 April, 1912, he exchanged into the Indian Army, and
left England for India the same month, joining the 2nd Battn. 8th
Gurkha Rifles at Lansdowne, Himalayas. While here he passed for his
Majority, and also in Kushura, the Ghurka language. On 22 Aug. 1914, he
left India, embarking at Karachi for France on the S.S. Erinpura, and
wrote: “We are now a convoy of 42 transports, all travelling two cables
length of each other, H.M.S. Dartmouth in charge. It is really a most
impressive sight, and at night looks like a white city.” They arrived
at Marseilles 12 Oct. 1914, and were attached to the Meerut Division
under Major-General Keary. The regt. went into action at Ypres on the
night of the 29th Oct. and Capt. Wright was killed in action on the
following day; _unm._ His Commanding Officer sent the following
account of the engagement: “At 10 p.m. on the 29th he (Capt. Wright)
got his Coy. in the advanced trench, next to that occupied by Capts.
Hartwell and Hayes-Sadler. During the night his trench was attacked
twice to my knowledge as I was with him during one attack, and with
his Double Company Commander Major Wake, in the supporting trench
during the other. He did all that man could do to keep his Command in
hand, and acted with the greatest courage and coolness. During the very
trying shell fire to which these trenches were subjected from 7 a.m. to
1 p.m. on the 30th Oct., he did all it was possible to do. During this
time he was wounded, but continued to command his men. When the furious
attack developed, it was mainly directed on to his trench and that held
by Capt. Sadler. He repelled line after line of the enemy, and held on
till a very large proportion of his men had been killed or wounded, and
till he himself was killed. What could a man do more? A soldier can do
no more than die at his post--game to the last!” General Sir George
Richardson wrote: “I had the honour of knowing your boy at Poona,
when I was G.O.C. 5th Division, and formed the very highest opinion
of him, socially and officially. We all loved him as a first class
sportsman and a first class soldier”; and Major-General H. D. Keary,
Commanding Meerut Division, wrote: “Professionally I was astonished
at the rapidity with which he picked up his profession as an officer
in a Gurkha Regt. in surroundings entirely foreign to anything he had
previously seen, his previous service having been mostly in the Army
Service Corps. I did, in fact, make a special note in the first Annual
Confidential Report I wrote of him of my appreciation of the aptitude
he had shown in this respect. Throughout the time he served under me,
he showed the greatest zeal and capacity, and was an officer in whom I
had the greatest confidence, and acknowledge that whatever work he had
to do would be well and conscientiously done. He was a good soldier and
died a soldier’s death, fighting against fearful odds and under every
possible disadvantage.” Capt. Wright was far above the average both at
polo and tennis, and played tennis for his Corps (A.S.C.) in Regimental
Tournaments at Queen’s Club, twice being in the final; he also had the
reputation of being an excellent shot. Once in Central India, while on
a shooting expedition, he was walking with his elder brother and a few
natives single-file along a narrow path through a thick jungle, when
they came face to face with a huge tiger. Capt. Wright shot the animal
dead, and saved what might have been a catastrophe; the skin of the
tiger, after being cured, was found to measure from end to end, 12 feet.
[Illustration: =Hugh S. N. Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3267), 187388, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, JOHN HUTTON=, Private, No. 11431, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of Albert Henry Wright, of 25, Grange Road, Small
Heath, Birmingham; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders; died at Bethune, 10 Jan. 1915, of wounds
received in action. Buried in town cemetery there; _unm._
=WRIGHT, LAWRENCE WILLIAM=, Eng. Lieut. R.N., only _s._
of the late Lawrence Wright, of Orwell, Coatham, by his wife, Mary
Livingstone (Orwell, Coatham, Redcar, Yorks), dau. of John Whyte;
_b._ Middlesbrough, 4 Oct. 1880; educ. Coatham Grammar School, La
Chatelaine College, Geneva, and the Durham College of Science; was an
Engineer and volunteered his services after the outbreak of war and was
gazetted Eng. Lieut. (temp.) and appointed H.M.S. Bulwark, 11 Sept.
1914; and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov.
1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Lawrence W. Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, LEONARD FREDERICK HALL=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19544,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, SYDNEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 2610, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); joined the Queen Victoria
Rifles 14 Sept. 1914; went to France 3 Nov. 1914, and was killed in
action at Hill 60, 20 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried Larch Wood, 1,
29, Reference Map Belgium, 28, 1/40,000.
=WRIGHT, THOMAS=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., eldest
_s._ of Stephen Wright, of Ruskington, Lincolnshire, Farmer,
by his wife, Agnes, dau. of J. Christian, of Barrow House, Rutland;
_b._ Ruskington, 6 July, 1889; educ. Christ’s Hospital School,
Lincoln, and King’s College London (Associate; B.Sc.; A.I.C.); was a
Demonstrator in Chemistry; joined King Edward’s Horse in Feb. 1913;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Berkshires, 24 Dec. 1914; left for France 29
Mar. 1915; and was killed in action 2 May, 1915, in the neighbourhood
of Fauquissart, near Laventie, while on a reconnoitring patrol;
_unm._ Buried in the Fauquissart Cemetery. His Commanding Officer,
Major R. P. Harvey, wrote: “He was on duty in the trenches with his
platoon and had taken out a sergt. and a man to reconnoitre a trench
half way between the opposing lines. At 8 p.m. he returned to report
that he had seen footmarks leading to the enemy’s trench. About 10 p.m.
he asked permission to go on the next patrol as this was a duty which
he particularly liked, and was allowed. While peering in the darkness,
both he and the sergt. who was with him showing their heads above a
flimsy parapet, a volley from the enemy was fired and your son was
struck through the head, heart and wrist. He fell dead without a sound.
The sergt. was unable to move him, but returned and reported. A brother
subaltern and three men at once set out to find his remains which they
brought down to headquarters by midnight. He was laid to rest in the
little cemetery of Fauquissart where some 30 men of his Battn. lie.
Having trained your son at Portsmouth when he joined this battn., I can
testify personally to the loss the regt. has sustained in the death
of a most promising young officer. One who was always willing, quite
reliable, and of a most placid and cool temperament in danger.”
=WRIGHT, THOMAS=, Private, No. 20061, 4th Battn. East Kent
Regt. (The Buffs) (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Worley Wright,
of Bexhill, by his wife, Ellen; _b._ Bexhill, 19 April, 1854,
enlisted in Oct. 1915, and died at Faversham, 30 Dec. 1915, of
pneumonia, contracted while in training. He _m._ at the Baptist
Church, Erith, 6 July, 1890, Fanny (60, Kingsley Road, Maidstone), dau.
of William Town; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Thomas Wright.=]
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 8820, 4th Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
17 Jan. 1915.
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM=, E.R.A., R.N.R. 425EB, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (Coastguard), 306457 (Dev.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=WRIGHT, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17936, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=WROUGHTON, MUSGRAVE CAZENOVE=, 2nd Lieut., 12th (Prince of
Wales’s Royal) Lancers, only _s._ of William Musgrave Wroughton,
of 77, Chester Square, London, S.W., and of Creaton Lodge, co.
Northampton, by his wife, Edith Constance, dau. of Henry Cazenove, of
Lilies, Aylesbury, and nephew of Philip Wroughton, of Woolley Park,
co. Berks, M.P., J.P., D.L. (see The Plantagenet Roll, Mortimer-Percy,
Vol. 1. p. 203); _b._ in London, 1 Oct. 1891. He was educ. at
Harrow and at Christchurch, Oxford, and during his school and college
vacations was a keen follower of the Pytchley Hounds, of which pack
his father was master for many years. On leaving Harrow he received a
commission in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, and in 1912 he accompanied
Sir Robert Baden-Powell as A.D.C. on his world tour in connection
with the Boy Scouts’ movement. After serving for four years in the
Northamptonshire Yeomanry, he was given a commission in the Special
Reserve, 12th Lancers, as 2nd Lieut. (on probation) in Oct. 1913; the
appointment was confirmed after his death, to date from 29 Oct. 1914.
In Aug. 1914, he accompanied his regt. to the Front, and was mentioned
in Sir John French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and
distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action near Ypres,
30 Oct. 1914, and was buried in Kemmel Churchyard, Belgium; _unm._
[Illustration: =M. C. Wroughton.=]
=WYATT, ERNEST JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307234, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.