The
following is from a page 1 article in the 17 Oct 1918 issue of
the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
Norfolk
Casualties
453790 -- Private George William
Cook, m.m., d.c.m,
of Simcoe. Killed in Action.
797223 -- William Denny of Langton.
Enlisted in 133rd Battalion. His parents subsequently moved to
Brantford. His father, Robert Denny, is well-known in Simcoe.
[William was] Killed in Action on 27 Sep 1918.
797596 -- Private W. Dickey of Delhi.
Died of Wounds.
796007 -- Private Laurens
Martinus Fleg of Simcoe.
Killed in Action.
408399 -- Private Levi Nelson Kenline of
Charlotteville.
Killed in Action.
[335348] -- Private Hugh I.
Olmstead of Simcoe vicinity.
Died on Shipboard.
796005 -- Private Robert
Prentice of Simcoe.
Killed
in Action.
Private Wilfrid Simmons of Courtland.
Died of Wounds.
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The
following is from a page 1 article in the 24 Oct 1918 issue of the
Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
PRIVATE
WILLIAM DENNY
797223 -- Another 133rd
soldier to be killed in action.
He enlisted in June, 1916, being only eighteen years of age.
In England he volunteered
for the first draft going to France in the Royal Montreal
Regiment and had just completed his second year of service at the
front.
He was killed on the 27th
of September. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Denny, a sister, and a brother
live in Brantford.
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The
following is from a page 5 article in the 24 Oct 1918 issue of the Simcoe Reformer newspaper.
Norfolk
Casualties
Killed in Action
Pte. Frank Brinn of Vienna
Pte. William Denny of Brantford
Pte. George Spain of Port Dover
Pte. Edwin George Smith of Toronto
Died of Wounds
Pte. Geo. A. Ribble of Walsingham
Pte. Wm. Dickey of Delhi.
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2
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William Denny
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