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Military service
Service number:
237267
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
December 8, 1886
Lancashire, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
March 27, 1916
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Additional information
Husband of Georgina A. Wright, of 46, Sproatt Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Richard Wright
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
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Commemorative Plaque
WWI Memorial Plaque for the 204th (Beavers) Battalion located in Old City Hall, Queen St., Toronto, Ontario. -
Toronto's Old City Hall
The 204th (Beavers) Memorial plaque is located inside the Toronto's Old City Hall. Front of the Hall is the city¿s cenotaph. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Richard Wright
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Letter
Troop officer’s letter to Richard’s wife Georgina Agnes (Gorman) Wright -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Wright
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Wright
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Wright
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Wright
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Wright
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Wright
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Wright
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Wright
Digital gallery of
Private Richard Wright
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 353 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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