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.

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