In January 1917, THOMAS FREDERICK WRIGHT enlists with the London Regiment, and is sent to France. He leaves his parents, Arthur and Edith Wright of north London, a sister, Edith Mavis, and my grandfather, Arthur Stephenson Wright.
On the 17th May, at the age of nineteen, he is awarded the Military Medal ‘for saving life at Bullecourt.’
On the 13th July, less than a month after his twentieth birthday, he is killed in action in France.
He is 20 years old.
The reference for his grave is III.A.10 in the Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, France. The inscription on his grave reads: 301491 RIFLEMAN T.F.WRIGHT MM LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE 13TH JULY 1917 AGE 20. At the base of the stone are the words: HIS COMRADES SAID HE WAS A GALLANT GENTLEMAN.
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