235467 Pte. Harold Wright British Army 148th Coy. Machine Gun Corps from:Manchester (d.17th Nov 1917) In 1911 Harold Wright was living at 3 Canal Street in Openshaw with his mother and was a machine brush-maker for a velvet dyers firm - J and J.M Worral Ltd. He married Mary Milne in 1911.
He was wounded while fighting in a machine gun company. He died of wounds and may have been wounded during the Battle of Poelkapelle on 9th of October. The War Diary for the 148th MG Company records that during November 1917 they, 148th MG Company, were in the line just to the north of Polygon Wood. They were using three sections for barrage fire and and one section for anti-aircraft. There was considerable aircraft activity during the mornings and subsequent heavy accurate shelling at night. This resulted in loss of four guns and many men and may have been when Harold was wounded. He is buried in Menin Road South Military Cemetery near Ypres.
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