Edgar Allan Wright

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772237

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

70 Eagle Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

70 Eagle Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Wounded

BX May 15, 1917

Private Edgar Allan Wright, who went overseas with the first overseas battalion of the Dufferin Rifles, is today reported wounded. He was a farmer and a married man.

BX May 21, 1917

The blow struck the home of Mr. Wright, Mount Pleasant, was also a two-fold one. Here the yellow messenger brought the news that Privates Edgar Allan and Thomas Lloyd Wright had both been wounded on May 5. The wounding of Private E.A. Wright had been previously reported by the Expositor. These two young men went overseas together. Pte. T.L. Wright is suffering from gunshot wounds in the chest and wrist and is in a hospital at Rouen, while his brother is suffering from gunshot wounds in the right arm.