Captain Noel Tracey Wright

3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion. Son of Tobias T. and Emma S. Wright. Born at Bombay, India. Killed 1 October 1915. Aged 21.
Buried SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
The following biographical notes are provided by Robert Coulson in his Biographies of Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment;-
“Noel Wright was born in Bombay in India in 1894 where his father worked for the railway company.
He attended University College in London and at the onset of war was commissioned into the Yorkshire Regiment on August 15th 1914.
He was attached to the 2nd Battalion on December 15th 1914 joining them in the Ypres Salient.
He was promoted to Lieutenant in February of 1915 and the following month saw action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.
He fought again in May at Festubert and in June at Givenchy after which he was promoted again to Captain.
In September when the Battle of Loos opened the battalion were at Vermelles and from here on September 25th Captain Wright in charge of “B” company advanced towards Hulloch and Cite St Elie. Fighting went on for the next few days and on the night of September 30th the Yorkshires were ordered up to reinforce a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers. At 9-30 p.m. Captain Wright and his men went forward only to find just one gap in the wire where they could pass through. On detecting their movement the Germans immediately put up Very Lights and concentrated heavy fire on this part of the wire, severely wounding Captain Wright.
Taken from the battlefield for treatment, Captain Noel Tracey Wright died of his wounds the next day October 1st 1915 aged 21.”