Chailey Parish Magazine notes in October 1914 that Archibald Wright is an officer serving his King and Country.

 

He was the son of Joseph Robert Wright of Ades, Cinder Hill and is noted in Kelly’s Directory for Sussex 1915 as a private resident living at the Ades mansion.  He was also almost certainly a career soldier.

 

In October 1915 (when it started publishing more than just name details), Chailey Parish Magazine notes that he is serving with the 4^th Dragoon Guards and has already been wounded twice – at Messines on 1^st November 1914 and again near Ypres on 24^th May 1915.  In November 1915 however, the parish magazine notes that Captain Wright has since returned to active service.

 

In November 1917 he was mentioned in despatches and his details appear monthly up to and including the final published roll call in July 1919.

 

In This and That in Chailey and Barcombe by the late Edwin Matthias, reference is made to Captain Wright after the war, driving around Chailey in “a lovely white American Steam Car”.

 

 

Sources and Acknowledgements

 

• Chailey Parish Magazine
• This and That in Chailey and Barcombe by Edwin Matthias (1994)