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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
Battalion / Unit: ---
Division: ---
Age: 47
Date of Death: 1919-04-05
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 35. 17. 1.
CWGC Cemetery: VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
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
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CWGC Headstone
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial - www.vac-acc.gc.ca
Memorial Chamber of Canada’s Parliament Buildings, Ottawa
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
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
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