Major John Eardley Wilmot Wright D.S.O., Photo, 13 Soldiers on a BREN Gun Carrier – 1940

Black and white post card style photo of Major Wright, who was a captain at the time, with 12 other highlanders sitting on or standing around then Captain Wright´s platoon command vehicle, the BREN gun carrier: Fury. All of the men are named, in ink, on the front of the photo. Another BREN gun carrier is visible in the background (T8462). There are two buildings in the background. The photo was taken in England.

Note: A companion photo is dated March, 1940.

The named soldiers include (left to right):

  1. Cpl Johnson
  2. Stewart
  3. Jackson
  4. Lambert
  5. Sgt. Warwood
  6. Coulton
  7. Trudelle
  8. Robinson
  9. Crowder
  10. Ellis
  11. Edminston Red
  12. Edminston Sr.
  13. Me (Wright)

Written in pencil on the back of the photo:

  • Ellis 472691
  • 48th (illegible)
  • Return to J.E. Roberts
Classification
Images
Era
1939 – 1945 (WW 2)
Location of artifact
Binder 9, Research Room Shelf
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