Basic Details
Surname
Bright
Forenames
John Thomas
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
14972
Notes
The Roll lists him as John Thomas Bright, of 187 Fletton Avenue, Peterborough, and wrongly state that he died on 29/9/1915.

(CWGC records that Private Thomas John Bright, regimental number 14972, died on 27/9/1915 serving in the 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Loos Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise recorded him as Thomas John Bright, stating he was born in Winwick in Huntingdonshire, and that he died on 27/9/1915. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record him as John Thomas Bright, indicating that he had died "on or since 27/9/1915. Death presumed", and that his legatees were his mother, Mrs Mary Spreckley, and his sister-in-law, Mrs Jane A. Bright. He is recorded in the Medal Rolls as John Thomas Bright).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Loos
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1915
Month of death
September
Day of death
29
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 29 September 1915 [sic] at Loos"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
187 FLETTON AVENUE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial