F.E. Wright 1947

Every Name a Story

F.E. Wright 1947

Rank : Able Seaman

Francis Edward Wright

Every Name a Story

In St. Stephen’s and St. Aidan’s Churchyard is a Commonwealth War Grave headstone which reads:

Buried in this churchyard

F.E. Wright
Able Seaman
S.S. “Kingsbury”
24th February 1947, age 41

Oh hear us
when we cry to Thee
for those in peril
on the sea. Amen

The son of Joseph Elliott Wright and Mary Sim Wright, of South Shields and the husband of Florence Wright, of South Shields.

The S.S. Kingsbury was hit by a torpedo from U-Boat 338 on the 17th March 1943.

A.B. Wright died 4 years later.

Francis Edward Wright is remembered at Westoe in W101.08 page 91 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Francis Edward

Last Name: Wright

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 24/02/1947

Age: 41

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Merchant Navy

Unit/Ship: S.S. Kingsbury (London)

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