Object Record
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Catalog Number |
2022.08.02 |
Object Name |
Tag, Dog |
Year Range from |
1939 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Features |
Two stacked leather tags, attached to a yellow fiber cord tied in a knot creating a loop that could be worn around the neck. First leather tag is brown octagon with text "C 51302// SGT//WRIGHT//EP//UC CDN" on one side, the other side is blank. The tag has a hole punched in the top and bottom. The large neck cord is threaded through the top hole creating a necklace. The second tag is circular and made of red leather, with a hole punched in the top of the tag. A small cord tied in a loop through the first tags bottom hole, and the hole in the top of the red tag attaching the two tags securely together in a vertical stack. Text on red tag "C 51301//SGT//WRIGHT//EP//UC CDN" |
Object Story |
Edmund D. Wright was a member of the Adolphustown & Fredericksburg community, and was born December 21, 1920, being raised by Archibald and Lillian Wright. Edmund would go on to enlist with the 32/34 Royal Canadian Artillery Field Battery during the Second World War, and was mustered to the 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery in the 14th Field Regiment in the Royal Canadian Artillery. After a stop in the United Kingdom, Sergeant Wright would be deployed to the beaches of Normandy, France during D-Day. Wright would survive the conflict and return to his home region and marry Ruth Duffet, giving birth to two daughters, Susan and Sherry. Wright, after the war, found himself as the treasurer of South Fredericksburgh Township, as a real estate agent, and as a farmer. Edmund Wright died September 21, 1968. |
People |
Wright, Edmund D. Wright, Lillian Wright, Archibald Wright, Ruth (nee Duffet) Wright, Susan Wright, Sherry |
Subjects |
Army Military WWII D-Day Real estate Farming Treasurer |
Search Terms |
Adolphustown Fredericksburgh South Fredericksburgh 32/34 Royal Canadian Artillery Field battery 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery 14 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Normandy France United Kingdom |