Francis Turquand Denison (1876 - 1917)

Born 15 Mar 1876 in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 21 Aug 1917 at age 41 in France

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Biography

Private Francis Denison served in the Canadian Army in World War I
Service started: 1916
Unit(s): 27th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Service ended: 1917

Francis, born in 1876, was the son of Richard Denison and Helen Turquand. ^[1][2]

In 1916 when Francis signed up to go overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he had served four years in the militia, lived in Edmonton, Alberta, and gave his occupation as "trapper." ^[3] During World War One, he served as a private with the 27th Bn, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). He died in 1917 at the Battle of Vimy Ridge.^[4]

Date of presumed death coincides with the Battle of Hill 70 and the Battle of Passchedaele.

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births, 1869-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMCH-L6J : accessed 2 February 2016), Francis Turgnaud Dennison, 15 Mar 1876; citing Birth, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,845,208.
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHG1-LFN : accessed 2 February 2016), Francis T. Denison in household of Richard Denison, H, Wentworth (south/sud), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 9, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
3. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Soldiers of the First World War
4. ↑ Veterans Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial

• https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1567115/denison,-francis-torquand/