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Military service
Service number:
192674
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
January 19, 1889
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private William Wright
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Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Wright enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap badge 13th Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Hannah originally enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was sent to the 13th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Patch
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Wright
Digital gallery of
Private William Wright
Digital gallery of
Private William Wright
Digital gallery of
Private William Wright
Digital gallery of
Private William Wright
Digital gallery of
Private William Wright
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 186 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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