Reginald Ralph – Wright – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant [Lance-Sergeant] – 02/09/1918

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Title

Reginald Ralph – Wright – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant [Lance-Sergeant] – 02/09/1918

Initials / forenames

Reginald Ralph

Surname

Wright

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

London Regiment, 8th Battalion Post Office Rifles

Military rank

Sergeant [Lance-Sergeant]

Military number

371480

Railway department

Hotel Dept

Railway job

Page

Date died

02/09/1918

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine, November 1918, p217

Memorial

Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe

Notes

Age 20. Joined the GER on 18 Dec 1911 as a page in the Hotel Department. Joined the Post Office Rifles as a band boy in 1915, and was transferred to the London Regiment shortly before his death. Died of wounds in hospital.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)

Date entered

24/10/2016

Last updated

24/10/2016

Citation

“Reginald Ralph – Wright – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant [Lance-Sergeant] – 02/09/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 17, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/42159.