Notes for: Arthur Basil Wright

Venn's Alumni Cantabrigienses has:
Adm. sizar at TRINITY, Sept. 30, 1899. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Alfred George, of the Mount, Maybury, Woking, Surrey. B. [July 15], 1880, at Highgate. School, Christ's Hospital. Matric. Michs. 1899; Scholar, 1902; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1913. Ord. deacon (Southwark), 1905; priest, 1906; C. of St Paul's, Lorrimore Square, Newington, 1905-10. C. of All Saints, West Dulwich, 1910-14. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Chaplain, R.A.C.D.; wounded twice; M.C., 1917; mentioned in despatches). P.C. of Brill with Boarstall, Bucks., 1914-19. V. of Bracknell, Berks., 1919-27. V. of Reading, 1927-34. V. of Trumpington, Cambs., 1934-44. Perm. to off., dio. of Oxford, 1944; dio. of London, 1945-6; Lic. to off., dio. of Peterborough, from 1947. Married, Oct. 4, 1906, Margaret Mary, dau. of Edmund Chalk, of Caterham Valley, and had issue. Latterly of 119, Kendrick Road, Reading, where he died Oct. 31, 1948. (Christ's Hospital Exhibitioners; Crockford; Univ. War List; The Times, Oct. 6, 1906 and Nov. 2, 1948.)

Cambridge Daily News 25 Aug 1944: Vicar's Retirement. Having been Vicar of Trumpington for 10 years, the Rev. Arthur Basil Wright is retiring from the parish on September 30. He will devote himself to voluntary work. He came to Trumpington in 1934 and was appointed Rural Dean of Barton in 1938.