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Military service
Service number:
430788
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
3rd Bn.
Death:
June 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXVII. F. 17.
Additional information
Son of David and Alice Denton, of "Westward," Burnage Lane, Didsbury, Manchester.
Digital gallery of Private George Sydney Denton
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the New Irish Farm Cemetery, just outside the town of Ieper (Ypres), Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Epitaph
Epitaph: 'A loving Son who Paid the Great Sacrifice for Honour King and Country' -
Cemetery
The New Irish Farm Cemetery, near the town of Ieper (Ypres), Belgium. (J. Stephens) -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave marker
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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 837 of 1036.
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Denton
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Denton
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Denton
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Denton
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Denton
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Denton
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Denton
Digital gallery of
Private George Sydney Denton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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