Wright, Joseph Benjamin | Universities at War

Personal details

Wright Joseph Benjamin - Image from the Shields Gazette

Name on Memorial:

Wright, J. B.

Forename(s):

Joseph Benjamin

Surname:

Wright

Date of Birth:

Saturday, June 6, 1891

Date of Death:

Friday, April 21, 1916

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Durham Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Joseph was born on 6th June 1891. He was the son of boilermaker Reuben Benjamin and Sarah Wright. He was educated at Westoe Secondary School from 1904 to 1909, then trained to be a teacher at Armstrong College (1909/10). Joseph was initially reported missing whilst serving in Belgium, but later declared dead on 21st April 1916, aged 24.

Addresses before and during the war

118 Eldon St, South Shields (place of residence as entered in the 1901 Census)

140 Dunsmuir Grove, Gateshead (place of residence as entered in the 1911 Census)

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Joseph is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial in West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Memorials

Other Memorials:

Joseph is was remembered on a plaque at Westoe Secondary School (now installed in Harton Technology College)

Additional images

Research information

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

North East War Memorials Project

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars, The Northerner Student Magazine)

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Ian Johnson, Alan Callender, Jake Wall