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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
December 19, 1882
Essex, England
Enlistment:
November 9, 1914
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
June 22, 1917
No. 22 Casualty Clearing Stn, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
G. 40.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Henry and Helen Norton Dayton of Kamloops, British Columbia.
Additional citations
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Ernest Perdue Dayton
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War Memorial
Kamloops Cenotaph, Memorial Park, Battle Street and 2nd Avenue, Kamloops, British Columbia. Includes honour roll tablets listing 189 names for World War I and 92 names for World War II. Unveiled on May 24th, 1925. Inscribed: C.E.F. - NOR TIME NOR TIDE CAN EVER EFFACE THE MEMORY OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. -
Cap Badge
Cap badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Lt Dayton originally enlisted in the 15th Bn but was transferred to the 54th Bn. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of Ernest Perdue Dayton
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Circumstances of death registers
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 205 of 1036.
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Lieutenant Ernest Perdue Dayton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Perdue Dayton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Perdue Dayton
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Perdue Dayton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 226 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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