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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
36
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
25th Bn.
Birth:
July 15, 1880
Middleton, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
May 18, 1915
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. E. 11.
Additional information
Major DeLancey listed his next of kin as B.J. DeLancey of Middleton, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. He was single and employed as a civil engineer before enlisting.
Additional citations
Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
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Coupure de presse
Source: McGill Daily October 1, 1917 -
Tableau d’honneur
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Pierre Tombale
Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 487 of 1036. -
Coupure de presse
From the Vancouver Daily Province April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Major James Arnold De Lancey
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Major James Arnold De Lancey
Digital gallery of
Major James Arnold De Lancey
Digital gallery of
Major James Arnold De Lancey
Digital gallery of
Major James Arnold De Lancey
Digital gallery of
Major James Arnold De Lancey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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