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