Flying Officer Allen Garnet Wright - Ottawa, Ontario
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This memorial is dedicated to flying officer Allen Garnett Wright who was killed in action on February 14th, 1941. The memorial plaque for Officer Wright is located inside St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, on Somerset Street West.
Waymark Code: WM169MR
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/08/2022
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Inscription on the plaque:
In Proud and Loving Memory of
Allen Garnett Wright
Flying Officer, Royal Air Force,
Killed in Action in Asia-Minor
February 14th 1941.
and of the Gallant Crew
who Died with Him.
Additional information from Veterans Affairs Canada via the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
"In memory of Flying Officer Allen Garnett Wright
February 15, 1941
Military Service
Service Number: 42292
Age: 25
Force: Air Force
Unit:Royal Air Force
Division: 37 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Wilfred Hornsby and Kathleen Wright, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Commemorated on the Flying Officer Allen Garnett Wright Plaque. Commemorated on Page 605 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance"
The book of remembrance is located in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower, in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings, on Wellington Street, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Burial Information;
Cemetery: Haidar Pasha cemetery Turkey
Grave Reference: Row A. Coll. grave 4-9.
Location:
Haidar Pasha is a suburb of Istanbul between Scutari (Uskudar) and Kadikoy on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorous. The Cemetery is on high ground behind the Haidar Pasha pier head and railway station. By ferry from the Golden Horn, Istanbul, take the ferry from Karakoy, near the Galata Bridge to Haidar Pasha pier head and railway station. Go around to the right (south) side if the main station building and follow the road east approximately 400 metres. Close to the mosque with twin minarets there are steps up to the Kadikoy Rimtimi Cad Road. Turn left (northwards) along this road (passing over the railway lines) approximately 700 metres at the traffic lights turn left down towards the entrance to the cemetery - just past the military hospital main gate. The Haidar Pasha Memorial and Haidar Pasha Cremation Memorial are within the boundaries of the cemetery.
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The following paper clipping from the Ottawa Citizen was submitted for the Project: Picture Me.
Ottawa Airman is believed Killed in airplane crash:
Flying officer Allen G. Wright reported missing following R.A.F. plane crash in Near East. Slim hope is held here for the safety of Flying officer Allen G. Wright, 24 year old son of Mr. and Mrs W. H. Wright of 130 Hawthorne avenue, who is missing following a Royal Air Force plane crash in the Near East on Feb. 14. Mrs Wight, on receipt of a cable from a sister-in-law in England, asked the Royal Canadian Air Force authorities to obtain an official statement from the Royal Air Force. The R.A.F. notified authorities here that the "aircraft was understood to have crashed" but that "a"full report was not yet received.
Flying Officer Wright, who would have celebrated his 25th birthday on April 15, left his home here two years ago last Monday to enlist with the R.A.F. in England. He received his "wings" just after the outbreak of war, and was stationed in London. Latterly, he had been stationed in the Near East.