Thomas Charles Wright

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55750

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

June 12th, 1916

Cemetery:

Etaples Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - V.E.16A.

Commemorated at:

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Ancient Order of Foresters

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London, Tower Hamlets, Shadwell

Address at enlistment:

9 Superior Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

9 Superior Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Machine hand

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Died of Wounds (GSW Head and Chest) – No. 23 General Hospital, Etaples

BX June 12, 1916

Private Thomas Charles Wright

The first intimation that Mrs. Thomas Charles Wright, 140 Grey Street received that her husband had been wounded was when friends saw it on The Expositor bulletin boards yesterday. Up till this morning she had received no further notification of the casualty. In the casualty list it read: Private Thomas Childs Wright of 9 Superior Street. Instead of Childs it should read Charles, and the address of Mrs. Wright is now 140 Grey Street. Prior to enlisting Private Wright worked at the Cockshutt Plow Company, and was prominently connected with the Tutela Football Club. He left with a draft from the 25th Brant Dragoons, transferred to the 19th Battalion and went overseas with the 2nd Contingent. Private Thomas Wright is an Englishman by birth and has five children. He was for a number of years connected with the Royal Horse Artillery.

BX June 13, 1916

New Address

The address of Mrs. Thomas C. Wright, whose husband was reported wounded on Sunday, should have been c/o. Kew’s Grocery Store, 179 Mohawk Road, instead of 140 Grey Street. His parents lived at 9 Superior Street when he enlisted, and now live at 201 Grey Street. He served for three years with the 38th Dufferin Rifles of Canada and not the 25th Brant Dragoons as previously mentioned.

BX June 30, 1916

Private Thomas Charles Wright Officially Reported

Two weeks ago Private Thomas Charles Wright of Brantford was reported wounded, and this morning he is officially reported dead of his wounds. The death occurred in the General Hospital at Etaples, on June 25. Private Wright is survived by his wife and five children. He formerly worked at the Cockshutt Plow Company and was prominently connected with the Tutela Football Club. He was with the 19th Battalion.

BX August 20, 1917

Received Belongings

In June 1916, Mrs. Elizabeth Rose Wright, 87 Port Street received the sad news that her husband had been wounded and four days later had succumbed to his wounds, and it has only been within the past few weeks that she has received his back pay and belongings. For a long time she tried every means to secure the belongings and back pay, but seemed unable to, at last, through the efforts of George Macdonald, secretary of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission here, the hitherto impossible was accomplished.