He is named on a Roll of Honour in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, of bellringers who died in the Great War. He rang the bells in Wylam church.
William Wrighton is remembered in Wylam on W73.01 W73.02 and W73.03 and at Newcastle-upon-Tyne on NUT098
Durham & Newcastle Diocesan Association of Church Bellringers
The CWGC entry for Pioneer Wrightson
