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Douglas Archibald Wright

In memory of:

Lieutenant Douglas Archibald Wright

August 12, 1918
Amiens, France

Military Service

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information

Born:

October 3, 1895
Ormstown, Quebec

Enlistment:

March 24, 1915
Vancouver, British Columbia

Son of the Reverend T. H. Wright, B.A., and Lilian Wright, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 526 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 65.

Location:

Bouchoir is a village in the Department of the Somme on the straight main road from Amiens to Roye. The BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is on the north-east side of the road nearly 2 kilometres south-east of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Telegraph of September 7, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12215507/Daily-Telegraph-September-7-1918.html

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Telegraph of September 7, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12215507/Daily-Telegraph-September-7-1918.html
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me.
  • Roll of Honour– University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918, 1921.

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    Roll of Honour
    Roll of Honour – University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918, 1921.
  • Grave Marker– Photograph courtesy Wilf Schofield, England

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photograph courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
  • Photo of Douglas Archibald Wright– In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Douglas Archibald Wright
    Photo of Douglas Archibald Wright – In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Memorial
    Memorial – In memory of the students from the University of British Columbia who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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