Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant W. P. Wright, 8th Battalion Canadian Infantry, wounded at Farbus Wood, Vimy Ridge, 14 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (624076 Sjt., 8-Can. Inf.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80

Warren Pearson Wright was born in Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland on 26 May 1887. Living in Canada and a Clerk by occupation, he enlisted into the 151st Battalion at Edmonton on 13 December 1915. Crossing the Atlantic on the S.S. California, he arrived in England on 13 October 1916 and was transferred to the 11th Reserve Battalion at Shorncliffe, and then a few days later was transferred to the 8th Battalion (Royal Winnipeg Rifles) (The Little Black Devils) in France. Serving with them at Farbus Wood, Vimy Ridge, he received a gun shot wound to his left leg on 15 April 1917. He was invalided to the Military Hospital at Shorncliffe and then to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital at Monks Horton, Kent. Wright was discharged from hospital in June 1917 and served with the 18th Reserve Battalion, being advanced to the rank of Serjeant. Returning to Canada, he was discharged on 7 May 1919. With copied service papers.