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Military service
Service number:
123450
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
September 10, 1897
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
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Son of the late Edwin and Josephine Denton.
Digital gallery of Private Edwin Thomas Denton
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANifice is commemoCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Davy to Detro. Microform Sequence 27; Volume Number 31829_B016736. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 171. Page 835 of 1036. He was buried 1 mile East of Le Sars, 2 ½ miles South West of Bapaume, France. After the Armistice, his grave could not be found. Hence his sacrifice is commemorated at the Vimy Memorial. -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Thomas Denton
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Thomas Denton
Digital gallery of
Private Edwin Thomas Denton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 77 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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