Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of John Frederick and Isabella Wright of Barrowden, Rutland, and the husband of Rose Mary Wright, he left two children. George had served for six years in the Militia, and was a machinist before his enlistment. He embarked for France on the 1st June 1917 and fought on the Ypres front and elsewhere. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on the 30th October 1917, and Corporal in December. He was killed in Meteren, his officer describing how it happened as follows:- “Corporal Wright was on a daylight patrol, and was entering a farm when a German sniper shot one of his men in the head, killing him, Corporal Wright was beside him seeing if he could do anything for him, when the sniper fired again killing him instantly.” Corporal Wright was buried about half a mile south of Meteren. Before proceeding on active service George had been a member of the Barrowden Church Choir, and was also captain of the village cricket club.