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Pte. Thomas Wright
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.8th May 1915)
Thomas Wright enlisted at Newcastle upon Tyne and served in the 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died on the 8th May 1915 and is remembered at Jarrow Library and Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory medals.
Thomas was born in Jarrow 1872. His mothers name was Barbara and she was 54 in the 1891 census. The 1901 census shows the remainder of the family living at 25 Nansen Street Jarrow with his sister Sarah(27) as housekeeper, brothers George(40) a tailor, Thomas(29) and Benjamin(24) are boilermakers.