Captain W. H. Denton, MC with 2nd Bn 1940

Captain WH Denton, MC

Captain W. H. Denton was awarded the Military Cross while with the 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders at Amiens on 8/9 August 1918, where he, as a Lieutenant, took command in the field of No. 4 Company.  On 24 September 1916, at the Somme he was wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel.

When war was declared in 1939, and now Captain, Denton volunteered to join the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto, one of 52 Highlander officers in the battalion volunteering for  overseas service.

NOK:

James Herbert Denton (F) 32 Fosebar Rd., Toronto, ON

Awards
Date
Award
Citation
Military Cross (MC)

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Era(s)
  • 1914 - 1919 (WW 1)  / 
  • 1920 - 1938 Interwar period  / 
  • 1939 - 1945 (WW 2)
Unit(s)
15th Bn (WW 1), 48th Second Bn (WW 2)
Previous unit
92nd Bn
Date of attestation
29-Jan-1916

Data source(s)

Source
Detail
Regimental History (Vol 2) 48th Highlanders of Canada 1891-1929
Pages 177, 192, 324
Museum Archive Documents
Newspaper photograph and article re 2nd Battalion officers
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