208237 Pte. Edwin Wright British Army 2nd/5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment from:Castleford, West Yorkshire (d.24th Apr 1918) My great uncle Edwin Wright was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire in 1899. He was the son of William Wright, a miner born near Preston Lancashire, and Phoebe nee Vice, originally from Dudley in Worcestershire. I know little about his life but that would be because he died so young. Here is his obituary as printed in the Castleford local press on March 24th 1919: "Died as a prisoner of war, Private Edwin Wright of the 2nd/5th Lincolns of whom no news has been received since April 15th last year, is now reported to have died from shrapnel wounds in the abdomen at the war hospital St. George on 24th April 1918 while a prisoner of war. Private Wright who was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wright of 8 William Street, Wheldon Lane, Castleford, was buried in the South cemetery, Lille. Before the war he assisted his father in the latter's greengrocery business. He enlisted in the West Yorks on April 2nd 1917, and went to France in March 1918."
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