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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wright, of Croydon, Ontario. Native of Morayshire, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Andrew Wright
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Private Andrew Wright
Pte. Andrew Wright listed his occupation as fireman. The correct address is 96 Merton Street in Toronto.
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Private Andrew Wright
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Wright was originally a member of the 92nd Bn before transfer to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Andrew Wright
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Andrew Wright
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Andrew Wright
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Private Andrew Wright
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Private Andrew Wright
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Private Andrew Wright
The 15th Batallion memorial at Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France on the site of the wooded hill known during the war as “The Crow’s Nest”. The 15th Battalion assaulted and captured the Crow’s Nest on 1 Sept 1918 in the opening phase of the Canadian attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line. The memorial was dedicated on 26 April 2010 to those of the 15th Battalion who fell here and in the breakthrough of the D-Q line in early September 1918. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Andrew Wright
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Andrew Wright
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Private Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright before leaving Toronto for WWI.
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Private Andrew Wright
From the Toronto Telegram January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Andrew Wright
From the Toronto Telegram January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Pte. Andrew Wright listed his occupation as fireman. The correct address is 96 Merton Street in Toronto.
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Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Wright was originally a member of the 92nd Bn before transfer to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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The 15th Batallion memorial at Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, France on the site of the wooded hill known during the war as “The Crow’s Nest”. The 15th Battalion assaulted and captured the Crow’s Nest on 1 Sept 1918 in the opening phase of the Canadian attack on the Drocourt-Queant Line. The memorial was dedicated on 26 April 2010 to those of the 15th Battalion who fell here and in the breakthrough of the D-Q line in early September 1918. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Andrew Wright before leaving Toronto for WWI.
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1919. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 526 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT Pas de Calais, France
Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the road from Arras to Cambrai. The VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT is at the north side of the main road between the two villages.
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