George Wright was 40 years old and a miner when he went to war leaving behind his family in Wigan:
Elizabeth his wife (Nee Hughes) William, Thomas,Doris (my mother), Horace and George. Elizabeth (my Nana) lost little George in the September of that year so was left with four children to bring up alone.
George (my grandfather) was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme when he was 41years old and is buried near Albert at Blighty Valley Cemetery.
