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Surname: DENNY

Forename(s): Arthur James

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: 924

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Canadian Railway Service Guard

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Age: 47

Date of Death: 1919-04-05

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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 35. 17. 1.

CWGC Cemetery: VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY

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Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE

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Arthur James Denny (born 11 October 1871) was the son of Thomas and Mary Denny, née Baker. Both parents were born at Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk and may have been related.

1881 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: Commercial Street - Arthur J. Denney, aged 9 years, born Skipton, son of Thomas and Mary Denney.

1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 48, Westmorland Street - Arthur J. Denny, aged 19 years, born Skipton Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Mary Denny.

Arthur was married to Emily Dawson in 1892.

1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 7, Ball Street - Arthur J. Denny, aged 29 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, husband of Emily Denny.

1911 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 4, Cliffe Street - Arthur James Denny, aged 38 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, husband of Emily Denny.

Canadian service records: http://www.baclac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

DENNY, Arthur James. [Additional]

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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Canadian Railway Service Guard

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Canadian Railway Service Guard

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Surname: DENNY

Forename(s): Arthur James

Country of Service: Canadian

Service Number: 924

Rank: Private

Regiment: Canadian Railway Service Guard

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Age: 47

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Died Date: 05/04/1919

Additional Information: Son of Mrs. Mary Denny, of 48, Westmoreland St., Skipton, Yorks, England; husband of Emily Denny, of Dundas Avenue, Vancouver. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: OUR DEAR DAD, GONE FROM OUR HOME, NOT FROM OUR HEARTS)

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Canadian Virtual War Memorial (www.vac-acc.gc.ca)

Grave of 924 Pvt. Arthur James Denny who served with the Railway Service Guards C.E.F. He was born in the town of Skipton in Yorkshire England on Oct. 11th 1871. Husband of Emily Denny of Vancouver BC. Arthur enlisted into the Railway service guards at Vancouver BC on Aug. 10th 1917 he listed his occupation as "Janitor" He died during the Spanish flu panademic of 1918-19 on April 5th 1919 at the age of 47. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.

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Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial - www.vac-acc.gc.ca

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In the Memorial Chamber are the eight ‘Books of Remembrance’ that contain the names of more than 120,000 Canadians who gave their lives in the service of Canada

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)

Page from the First World War ‘Book of Remembrance’: Private Arthur James Denny

Page from the First World War ‘Book of Remembrance’: Private Arthur James Denny

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)

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