Frederick Wright
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Frederick was the son of Vincent and Mary Wright (née Scothern). His father Vincent was born in Bingham in 1845, the son of William and Ann Wright, and was baptised at Bingham St Mary and All Saints on 6 July 1845. Vincent had an older brother, William Edward, who was born in Bingham in 1842 and baptised on 4 September the same year. His mother Ann (or Annie) Scothern was born in about 1848, also in Bingham. Vincent and Annie were married in 1867 (J/F/M Nottingham) and had at least ten children who were all born in Bingham (births recorded Bingham registration district) and baptised at the parish church of St Mary and All Saints. One child, Emma, died in infancy: William birth registered 1868 (J/F/M) bap. 28 November 1868; Vincent birth registered 1870 (J/F/M) bap. 10 July 1870; Elizabeth Ann b. 25 May 1872 bap. 11 August 1972; John Robert birth registered 1875 (J/F/M) bap. 14 March 1875; Annie b. 1877 bap. 11 October 1877; Emma b. 1879 bap. 16 July 1880 d. 1880 (O/N/D); Lucy birth registered 1883 (J/F/M) bap. 16 November 1882; Harriett b. 1885 bap. 30 August 1885; Lucretia b. 1887 bap. 6 December 1887 and Frederick birth registered 1889 (J/F/M) bap. 29 October 1890. Although Vincent and Mary's two eldest children were born in Bingham in 1868 and 1870, at the time of the 1871 census they were living in Portland Place, Spittlegate, Grantham. Vincent was a labourer in an ironworks. However, by 1881 the family had returned to Bingham and Vincent, now working as a railway platelayer, and Ann were living at 9 Moor Lane with four of their five surviving children: William (13), Vincent (11), Elizabeth (8) and Annie (3). Their son John Robert, who was born in 1875, has not yet been traced on the census and a daughter, Emma, who was born in 1879 had died in 1880. The family continued to live on Moor Lane and in 1891 seven of the nine surviving children were in the home on the night of the census: Elizabeth a dressmaker, John (16) a fishmonger, Annie (13), Lucy (8), Harriett (6), Lucretia (5) and Frederick (2). Frederick's mother, Annie, died the following year (1892 O/N/D) and in 1901 her widowed husband, now an agricultural labourer, was living with three of his children, Lucy who was his housekeeper and Lucretia and Frederick who were still at school. By 1911 Vincent was living at Moor Lane along with his married son John, a fishmonger's journeyman, his daughter-in-law Ann (née Hickman, m. 14 February 1898 St Mary and All Saints) and their four children (another child had died in infancy). Frederick was a farm labourer working for Frances Marriott and living-in at Codnor Park Farm, Codnor, near Alfreton, Derbyshire. Five of his siblings - Vincent, Elizabeth Ann (Roworth), Annie, Lucy and Harriett (Jarvis) - were married while William (b. 1868) has not yet been traced after 1881 and Lucretia (b. 1887) after 1901. Frederick returned to Nottinghamshire after 1911 as he was living in Barnstone when he enlisted. His father, Vincent, died in 1921 (J/A/S Bingham).
Formerly 35272 Notts & Derby Regiment. The 10th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment was raised in Warwick in September 1914, part of Kitchener's Second New Army. The battalion served on the Western Front from July 1915. Frederick was killed in action on 18 November 1916, the date considered to be the final day of the Battle of the Somme. The battalion was relieved the following day. Frederick has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France (Pier and Face 9A ,9B and 10B). CWGC - Thiepval Memorial (extract): 'On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter ... Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.'
Russell Campbell Wright, the grandson of Frederick's uncle, William Edward Wright, served with the 2/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (268021 Private) and was killed in action on 26 September 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium and Bingham St Mary & All Saints war memorial. (See record on this Roll of Honour) Registers of Soldiers' Effects: his father Vincent was his sole legatee.
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