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Individual Stories – WW1
Part 3
Sergeant Percy Frederick Wright
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28 years old on entering 1st Battallion Middlesex Regiment Rifleman 9710
Cambrin
Died on Active Service 25/09/1915
Brother to Kate Wright who was to marry Alfred Marshall
after the war.
Percy enlisted or was already in the army, at the
beginning of the war. His example is probably what prompted his brother
Frank to enlist at such a young age.
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Name:
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WRIGHT, PERCY FREDERICK
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Initials:
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P F
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Nationality:
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United Kingdom
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Rank:
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Serjeant
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Regiment/Service:
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Middlesex Regiment
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Unit
Text:
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1st Bn.
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Age:
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29
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Date of
Death:
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25/09/1915
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Service
No:
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9710
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Additional
information:
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Brother of S. Wright, of 33, Barnwell Rd.,
Brixton, London.
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Casualty
Type:
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Commonwealth War Dead
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Grave/Memorial
Reference:
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H. 23.
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Cemetery:
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CAMBRIN
CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
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Frank Wright
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15 years old on entering
21st Battallion London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
650560
Died on Active Service 07/04/1918 Doullens
Brother to Kate Wright who was to marry Alfred Marshall
after the war.
It is believed that Frank enlisted at the age of 15
years old, lying as so many did, about his age.
There every reason to believe that he would wish to
follow in his brothers footsteps.
The military records regarding Frank are not easy to
find.
Surprisingly he survived most of the war and died only
in the last half year. He was a special brother to Kate Wright and
sorely missed.
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Name:
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WRIGHT
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Initials:
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F
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Nationality:
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United Kingdom
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Rank:
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Rifleman
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Regiment/Service:
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London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)
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Unit
Text:
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21st Bn.
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Date of
Death:
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07/04/1918
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Service
No:
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650560
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Casualty
Type:
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Commonwealth War Dead
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Grave/Memorial
Reference:
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VI. D. 69.
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Cemetery:
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DOULLENS
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION No.1
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David Thomas Rouch
25 years old on entering
Died on Active Service 03/09/1916
David Rouch was the husband of Florence Marshall, the
sister of Alfred Marshall.
For some time, she only knew of him as missing on Active
Service. She had two children Leslie and Stella at the time and brought
them up on her own. She remarried in 1946 to Lew Pearce. Her brother
Alfred was seriously injured in the war and was considered to be on
death’s door but for the prayers of the family. Unfortunately, family
divisions were created because of religious issues after the war. –
See Alfred Marshall.
| Name: |
ROUCH, DAVID THOMAS |
| Initials: |
D T |
| Nationality: |
United Kingdom |
| Rank: |
Rifleman |
| Regiment/Service: |
Rifle Brigade |
| Unit
Text: |
"A" Coy. 16th Bn. |
| Age: |
27 |
| Date of
Death: |
03/09/1916 |
| Service
No: |
S/17610 |
| Additional
information: |
Husband of Florence M. Rouch, of 20,
Maitland Park Villas, Hampstead, London. |
| Casualty
Type: |
Commonwealth War Dead |
| Grave/Memorial
Reference: |
Pier and Face 16 B and 16 C. |
| Memorial: |
THIEPVAL
MEMORIAL |
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