Person:Phillip Wright (2)

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Phillip (Felix) Wright
b.8 Jan 1861 Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
d.2 Apr 1915 Wittenbeerg Germany, POW Camp
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Sep 1857
  1. Anne Wright1859 -
  2. Phillip (Felix) Wright1861 - 1915
  3. James Wright1865 -
  4. Mary Wright1868 -
  5. Elizabeth Wright1870 -
  6. Sarah Wright1872 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Phillip (Felix) Wright1861 - 1915
  • W.  Ada Matthews1865 - 1910
m. 7 Jul 1890
  1. Margaret Lilian Wright1893 -
  2. Thomas Wright1896 -
  3. Evelyn Wright1899 - 1972
  4. Louise Wright1901 - 1969
  5. Annie Wright1903 - 1980
  6. Frederick Wright1907 - 1909
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Facts and Events
Name Phillip (Felix) Wright
Baptismal Name Felix Wright
Gender Male
Birth? 8 Jan 1861 Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Marriage 7 Jul 1890 Hartlepool, Durham, Englandto Ada Matthews
Occupation? 1891 Marine engine maker & fitter
Occupation? Engine Fitter
Death? 2 Apr 1915 Wittenbeerg Germany, POW CampDied of Typhus
Burial? Berlin South West Cemetery, Commonwealth War Grave Ref: XIII. D. .

Served in South Africa Boer war with Highland Light Infantry. In 1902 joined 2 Bat/ Royal Garrrison Reg, at Gibraltar and Standerton SA. Returned to England about 1907. Signed up to Loyal North Lancs Reg at outbreak of WW1 and sent to the front Line on the Menin Road, Captured and interned at Witenbeerg POW Camp where he died during the typhus outbreak in 1915. Children did not see him again having left them at home in Sheffield, England. Occupation at time of marriage = machinist Marriage witnessed by Chris Jackson & Lizzabeth Wright Married in Congregational Church, Hartlepool Buried in CWG Berlin South West, His name appears on the War Memorial at Klien Wittenberg in Germany. He contracted typhus as a result of volunteering to care for his fellow POW in a makeshift hospital built and staffed by the POW.

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