| Surname: | Wraight |
| Initials: | A V |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 651 |
| Notes: | MFP. Enlisted in the Royal Artillery, No. 27, 24/10/1893, age 19 yrs 10 months, occupation Labourer, Born Ashford, Kent. Served Home 24/10/1893 to 22/11/1894, India 23/11/1894 to 20/10/1899, Invalided home reckons as India 21/10/1899 to 1/12/1899, Home 2/12/1899 to 4/12/1918 to discharge no longer physically fit for war service, Rheumatism and Pneumonia. Awarded the L S & G C Army Order 412 of 1904. Home address; King's Mead, Alton, Hampshire and 55 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. Transferred to MFP 5/12/1901. 2/2/04 he married Mary Ethel Newrick at the Registry Office West Ashford, Kent. He has the same No. as L/Cpl Alfred Leach, MMP. Info from Pension Index Card:- Wraight, Albert Victor, Sgt, MFP, 651, RFA, 4/12/18 to discharge, SFJ.1420, 2/4W.6..4.1, Kingsmead, Alton, Hants. Stamp: Ad 3/1/19 at 5/6 from 5/12/18 to 10/6/19, Chelsea no. VV50.1867, received 4/1/19. Albert Victor Wraight. Extract from the Folkestone Express, Sandgate, Shorncliffe & Hythe Advertiser 24 August 1901 HYTHE COUNTY BENCH. Monday - Before F. E. Burke, Esq. (in the chair), and Lieut Col Bynmore. Annie Palmer and Rose Forman were charged with trespassing on Shorncliffe Camp for improper purposes on the night of August the 20th. Prisoners pleaded not guilty Serg.-Major White, of the Military Mounted Police, produced a plan of Shorncliffe Camp and a copy of the by-laws relating thereto. Lance Corporal Wraight, of the Military Police, said he was on duty at Enbrook Field, about 8pm., when he saw the two prisoners with three soldiers. He asked what their business was there and not receiving a satisfactory answer, took them into custody. Both prisoners gave evidence on oath and denied that they were on the footpath. The chairman said there seemed to him to be some small doubt in the case. They were old offenders, but they would be dismissed. he cautioned them about coming again. |
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| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/115 Jan. 14, 1919) |
| Citation: | Badge No. B84744. Enlisted 24/10/1893, discharged 4/12/1918. WO letter 60/B 392 (xvi) Medal Branch A.G 10 dated 19-12-1918. Age 44years 6months. Served home. |