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Military service
Service number:
845567
Age:
37
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Railway Troops
Division:
11th Bn.
Birth:
April 15, 1881
Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
Enlistment:
February 18, 1916
Sarnia, Ontario
Death:
November 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVII. E. 8.
Additional information
Son of J. A. Wright and Julia Le Noury, of Mount Durand, Guernsey. Husband of Margaret Wright (nee Kershaw), of 240, Bright St., Sarnia, Ontario.
Father of Flying Officer James Lenoury Wright, who lost his life on March 15, 1945, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Thomas William Wright
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Group Photo
Thomas Wright, center, with his sister Julia, right, and an unnamed friend of Julia. Thomas was a British Home Child who was sent to Canada when he was 10. Taken some time between 1916 and 1918, likely in England or Guernsey. -
Grave Marker
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Photo of Thomas William Wright
Thomas William Wright circa 1903. -
Honour roll
British Home Children World War 1 Honour Roll -
Photo of Thomas William Wright
Thomas Wright British home child -
Monument
Thomas Wright British home child -
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Thomas Wright British home child
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas William Wright
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas William Wright
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas William Wright
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas William Wright
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas William Wright
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas William Wright
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Thomas William Wright
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 526 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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