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David C. Wright


David C. Wright


(Possible) CWGC:  (David Wright)

Rank: Pioneer

Regiment: Royal Engineers, 429th Field Company

No: 93076

Date of Death: 6th October 1917

Age: 17

Buried: Coxyde Military cemetery

Additional Information: Son of Alexander Kilgour Wright and Eliza Wright, 18 Officers; Quarters, H.M. Prison, Barlinniue, Glasgow. Native of Dundee.


(Possible) SNWM:

Rank: Pioneer

Regiment: Royal Engineers, 429th Field Company

No: 93076

Place of Birth: Dundee

Date of Death: 6th October 1917

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


(Possible) SDGW:

Rank: Pioneer

Regiment: Royal Engineers, 429th Field Company

No: 93076

Place of Birth: Dundee

Place of Enlistment: Glasgow

Date of Death: 6th October 1917

Place of Death: France & Flanders

Cause of Death: Killed in Action


MIC:

David Wright, Pioneer, Royal Engineers, No. 93076.

Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals


Soldiers’ Effects:

David Wright, Pioneer, Royal Engineers, 429th Field Company, No. 93076. Killed in Action in Belgium 6th October 1917.

Father Alexander K. Mother Eliza C (for Brother Alexander)


1901 Census, Living at 15 Officers’ Quarters, (H.M. Prison, Barlinnie), Shettleston.

Father Alexander K. Wright, Prison Warder, age 30, born Dundee

Mother Eliza W. C. Wright, age 27, born Dundee

Children: Alexander K. Wright, age 5, born Lochee, Forfarshire

Agnes C. Wright, age 3, born Lochee, Forfarshire

David C. Wright, age 1, born Lochee, Forfarshire