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Catalog Number |
2022.08.07.01 |
Object Name |
Rule, Slide |
Year Range from |
1939 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Features |
Wooden slide rule, with unknown white coating [enamel?] across exterior surfaces. White surfaces are marked with red and blue numbers and lines indicating various increments. The middle section running lengthwise down the ruler is able to slide back and fourth. Reverse of ruler, has a plain wood border with white centre. On the white centre is a paper sticker adhered across most of its length. The sticker gives instructions about various trigonometry equations, leaving room for "NOTES". There are 4 brass pins inlaid into each end of the slide rule. |
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. According to family tradition Edmund also worked as a surveyor during the Second World War. The role of the surveyor often encompassed creating topographic surveys, map reproduction, and artillery fire plans. It is thought that this would have been one of the tools Edmund used while surveying during the war. After the war Edmund returned to his home region and married Ruth Duffet, who gave 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 also as a farmer. Edmund Wright would pass away on 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 Surveyor Surveying |
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 |