Herbert Arthur's Story.
Birkenhead News 21 September 1918THREE NEW FERRY BROTHERS.
One Killed and One Wounded.
The accompanying photographs are of three soldier brothers. They are the sons of Mrs. Wright, of 7, Henthorne Road, New Ferry, and the youngest boy. Pte. Herbert Arthur Wright, has made the supreme sacrifice. He was 24 years of age, and enlisted in 1914 in the 13th Cheshires, and was later transferred to the King’s Liverpool so as to be with his elder brother. He went out to France in November, 1915, and had served during the heavy fighting with his regiment in the Somme advance.
He had been wounded and was eventually killed in action in May this year. Before the war he was employed at Bromborough Pool, where he was respected and held in high esteem by his fellow workers.
The eldest son, Pte. William T. Wright, is in a Labour Battalion at present serving in France. Previous to joining up in 1916 he was employed at Port Sunlight. He is married, and his wife and child reside with his mother at the above address.
The second son, Lance-Corporal Frederick J. Wright, enlisted in the King’s Liverpool Regt. in May 1915, and was transferred to the Border Regt. He was wounded in action at Bullecourt on May 9, 1917, and is now unfit for active duty and is attached to the Military Foot Police at Chester. Previous to joining the colours he was employed by Messrs. William Pitt and Co., Liverpool.
Wright brothers photographs and newspaper article by Chris Booth