Name
Peter Wright (MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
11/01/1918
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Royal Field Artillery
186th Brigade
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Cross
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
XIII. H. 8.
Belgium
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath Sway War Memorial, Hampshire
Pre War
Born on 3 Oct 1881 in New Brighton, Cheshire son of Albert Tomlinson and Emily (Scott) Wright of Boundary Ford, Sway, Hampshire. Educated at Haileybury College 1895-97 and became a solicitor in Cheshire.
Wartime Service
Formerly Private 1206 Inns of Court O.T.C. he was then commissioned to the Royal Artillery and was killed in action.
Military Cross (London Gazette 1 Jan 1918).
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
