Capt. · 1 Bucks Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Egerton Lowndes ("Toddy") Wright
† 11/05/1918 · aged 32 · Barly French Military Cemetery, II.A.C.
Personal data
Name
Wright
Initials
E.L.
Christian name
Egerton Lowndes ("Toddy")
Date and place of birth
Chorley, Lancashire; 15.11.1885
Family
Married to Violet Shakespear (1912)
Extra information
Information
Educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford
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Played first-class cricket for Lancashire and Oxford University, 1905-1910
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Worked for the firm of Wilson, Wright and Davies, solicitors, in Manchester and Preston
Military data
Rank
Capt.
Regiment / Unit
1 Bucks Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Date of death
Age
32
Cemetery / Memorial
Barly French Military Cemetery, II.A.C.
Other information
Information
"Remembrance"
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M.C., Mentioned in Despatches
Information 3
Secondary unit: Major, 16 Infantry Brigade
Information 4
His 3 brothers also served in the war: Geoffrey, R.F.A., and Philip, 1/1 Oxford and Bucks, survived; Frank, 1 West Yorkshire Regiment, died of wounds in 1922.
