Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour

Wright, Robert James Barron

Rank: Captain

Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps

Biography: Son of Robert Wright, M.A. ; born Forgue, 30 June 1882 ; educated Aberdeen Grammar School ; M.B., 1904. After graduation Wright became assistant to a doctor in Cumberland and later practised at Insch and Forgue. He joined the R.A.M.C. as a dispenser and was commissioned in October 1917, but was never on active service. He died at Catterick Camp, Yorks, 13 May 1918, from illness contracted during service.

Date of Death: 13 May 1918

Burial Details: Buried at Forgue Parish Churchyard, Aberdeenshire, Plot B, Row 1, Grave 207.

Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.


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