Army Number : 17852

Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Regiment.

Born Claypole, Lincolnshire. Adopted son of Mrs. P. Wright of 16 Whitfield Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted at Newark, September 1914, and went to France 14th July 1915. Died 24th March 1917, aged 22.

Buried/Commemorated : Philosophe British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row N, Grave 18.

Private William Wright Thacker is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Newark Cemetery War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church Borough of Newark Roll of Honour, Newark, Nottinghamshire.
St. Augustine’s War Memorial, Newark, Nottinghamshire.