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In MemoriamWRIGHT, Joseph Benjamin
  Lieutenant (Durham Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion)
  Killed missing - later reported killed (21-Apr-1916)
  

born:
joined:
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died:
06-Jun-1891
16-Aug-1904 (Westoe)
16-07-1909
21-Apr-1916

 

Joseph Benjamin Wright was born to boilermaker Reuben Benjamin and Sarah Wright.

He went to Westoe Secondary School from 1904 to 1909, and left to train to be a teacher.

He joined the Durham Light Infantry, and served as a Lieutenant.

Initially, he was reported missing, but later declared to have died on 21-Apr-1916, and is listed on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, a memorial to those whose bodies were never found.

Known Addresses
1901: 118 South Eldon Street
1904: 8 Dacre Street
1911: 140 Dunsmuir Road
Last updated: 04-Aug-2014 20:39

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