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Jonathan Wright was born in East Keal, Lincolnshire, on 22 Feb 1882, the son of Thomas and Harriet Wright. Thomas was an agricultural foreman. Jonathan worked on the farm with his father. He married Amy Sutton in 1911 in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, they had two children Daisy Edna born 1912, and Wallace George born 1916. Between 1911 and 1913 he moved to Beverley and became an insurance agent, for the Refuge Assurance Company, it is reported he was well known and respected in Beverley at that time.
Jonathan served with the expeditionary force in France and Flanders from 21 Aug 1916 and died at No4 Casualty clearing station on 26 Sep 1917 from wounds received in action at Passchendaele that same day. He is buried in the Dozinghem British Cemetery, North Poperinghe.
Jonathan’s name is inscribed on a memorial to the fallen of WW1 who were employees of the Refuge Assurance Company, the memorial is in the gardens of the offices of the Royal London Insurance Company, Alderney Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire.
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