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Dafoe, Amos Andrew:
Born at Flinton. Occupation, merchant. Served in Canada with the
1146th Battalion. #835134, #1093096
Dafoe, Amos Roy:
Born in Kaladar township. Occupation before enlistment, employee at
a sawmill. Served in France with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Killed in action at
Vimy Ridge. #835114
Dafoe, George Arthur:
Born Deseronto. Served in Canada with First Depot Battalion.
#3057582
Dafoe, Gerald:
Born Flinton. Occupation, miller. Served overseas with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles.
Saw action at Vimy Ridge. Wounded. #835355
Dafoe, J. Campbell:
Born Flinton. Served overseas with the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles.
Saw action at Vimy Ridge and continued to serve at the Front until the Armistice. #835115
Dafoe, James Lewis Gilbert:
Born in Kaladar township. Occupation before enlistment,
farmer. Served in the Canadian Forestry Battalion in England. #1093215
Dafoe, Martin Michael:
Born Flinton. Occupation before enlistment, engineer. #835467
Dafoe, Ross Oakland:
Born in Napanee. Occupation before enlistment, student. Served in France and
Belgium for over 10 months, and saw action at St. Eloi, Sanctuary Wood and the Somme. #89095
Dafoe, Walter Willard:
Born Flinton. Occupation before enlisting, merchants clerk. #59278
Daly, Roland C.:
Born Napanee. Occupation before enlistment, barrister. Enlisted in the
Artists' Rifles. Transferred to Royal Garrison Artillery. Was at the Front for six
months and participated in the Retreat on the Somme in March, 1918. Mentioned in dispatches.
Was on New Year's Honours List for 1919. #490934
Darlington, Maxwell T.:
Born at Napanee. Later lived at Strathcona and Point Anne. Occupation
before enlistment, labourer. Served overseas with the 19th Battalion in France, Belgium and
Germany. Saw action for close to three years, including St. Eloi, the Somme, Lens, Vimy Ridge, Arras
and Mons. Wounded twice. #413015
Davern, Frank Edmund:
Born at Napanee. Sailed overseas with the 21st Battalion. Won Military
Medal at Courcelette. Also saw action at Hill 70 and Lens, where he was wounded. Died of wounds
22 August, 1917, age 19. Buried Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension.#59237
Davey, Bernard Merriton:
Born Wilton. Occupation before enlisting, clerk. Signed up
May 31, 1916, 146th Battalion. #835965
Davison, Albert Clair:
Born at Forest Mills. Lived and farmed near Roblin.
Drafted Barriefield, May 7, 1918. 1st Depot Battalion. #3058400
Davy, Arnold:
Of Enterprise. Nothing further known.
Davy, David George:
Born Amherst Island. Family lived near Napanee. Occupation before
enlisting, farmer, Saskatchewan. #267686
Davy, Frank:
Born Enterprise, Ontario. Occupation before enlistment, farmer. Served with
the 21st Battalion in France. Saw action several times, including Passchendaele for which he was
mentioned in the dispatches for his bravery. Wounded at Battle of Amiens in 1918, and transported
back to England. Died of his wounds in military hospital, Southampton. Buried Hollybrook Cemetery,
Southampton. [Headstone gives name as "Davey".] Age at death, 34. #1093263
Davy, Thomas Chester Alexander:
Born Amherst Island. By 1914, living in Napanee.
Labourer. Enlisted Dec. 1915 in 146th Battalion. #835198
Dawson, Lorne:
Born Ernestown township. Enlisted with 59th Battalion [Royal Canadian
Regiment]. Killed in action at the first Battle of the Somme, 1916. His name is on the
Vimy Memorial. #455745
Day, N.:
Of Camden township. Nothing further known.
Day, Walter:
Born Glasgow, Scotland. Lived near Camden East. Occupation before enlisting, farmer.
Served in 146th Battalion. Wounded. #835207
Deare, Frank:
Born at Sydenham, but lived at Yarker. At the time of his enlistment he
was employed as a pressman. Served in France with the 38th Battalion. Saw action at Awan [sic],
Amiens, Arras, Cambrai and Valenciennes. Awarded Military Medal for devotion to duty under fire.
#1042872
Delderfield, J. R.:
Born Norwich, England. Lived Ernestown Station. Occupation at time
of enlistment, fireman on Grand Trunk Railway. Served in the artillery at Hill 70, Passchendaele,
Amiens, Cambrai, Arras and Mons. #2001058
Deline, Otto F.:
Born at Enterprise. Occupation before enlisting, machinist. Was in
France and Belgium with the 2st Division Signal Company and saw action at Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele,
Amiens, Queant Drocourt line, Canal du Nord and Valenciennes. #348939
Dennison, Charles Datus:
Born in North Fredericksburgh township. Occupation before enlisting,
farmer's son. Enlisted as Charles Denwood Dennison but his mother firmly said he was
baptised Charles Datus. Served briefly in Canada but before he could go overseas, his father
informed the Army that he was underage. #1090441
Dennison, Ray:
Born in Switzerville. Occupation before enlisting, clerk. Was in France
with the 24th Battalion and saw action at Vimy Ridge and Lens, where he was wounded. #49654
Dennison, Wilfred C.:
Born in North Fredericksburgh township. Occupation before enlisting,
farmer. Served in France with the 39th Battalion. Was wounded twice. #455275
Dennison, William:
Born in Selby. Occupation before enlisting, farmer. Went overseas to
the front in 1918 and was in several actions. #3055844
Dennison, Willis H.:
Born Roblin. Occupation before enlisting, machinist. Served with the
Engineers and as part of 21st Battalion. Saw action several times, including the Battle for
Amiens. #506358
Dennee, Ernest A.:
Born Amherst Island. Before enlistment was employed at the cement
plant at Point Anne. Overseas, he served with the 2nd Battalion, and was at Vimy Ridge, Fresnoy,
Hill 70 (where he was wounded) and Passchendaele, where he was shot. He was evacuated to the
Queen Mary Hospital in England, but subsequently died of his wounds. Buried in England in
Brookwood Cemetery. #636792
Denyes, E. V.:
Born at Odessa. Occupation, farmer. Went to England with the 6th
Canadian Reserves in the summer of 1918, but war finished before he was sent to the Front. #3058651
Denyes, Gerald:
Born Odessa. Before enlisting, he was a medical student. Served overseas
with various hospital and ambulance units in Egypt and France. Was at engagements of Amiens
and Arras, where he was wounded and also mentioned in the dispatches. #775
Denyes, Hazel H.:
Trained as a nurse at St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y. Served in
England from 1917 to 1919.
Denyes, Meacham:
Born Newburgh, Ontario. Was a student before enlisting. Participated in
several actions preceding the Battle of Arras, where he was killed in action. No known grave. #663541
Deroche, Alexander P.:
Born Napanee. At the outbreak of the war, he was the Assistant
Director of Works and Buildings for the Department of Militia and Defence. He had been in the
Royal Canadian Engineers since 1912. Deroche was in charge of all construction works in Canada
during the war, including Camp Borden. He rose to the rank of Lt.-Colonel.
Detlor, Allen D.:
Born Newburgh. Occupation, farmer. Went overseas with the C.E.F.
to England in 1916 but was sent back to Canada in 1917 when it was found that he was 47
years old. He re-enlisted in the Canadian Forestry Corps and again went to Britain, where
his unit worked in England and Scotland, and for a was attached to the Royal Flying Corps. #2158531
and 835216
Detlor, Henry Minor:
1st Depot Battalion, 1918. #3058421
Detlor, Walter P.:
Born South Fredericksburgh. Occupation before enlisting, student. Served
overseas in France and Belgium, including Battle of Ypres. Shot while on sentry duty and died two
days later. #A 11132
Dewey, William John:
Born Croydon. Farmer. Drafted Barriefield, May 7, 1918. 1st Depot Battalion.
#3058457
Dibb, William:
Born Napanee. Occupation before enlisting, student. Served overseas with
the 164th Battalion. Saw action at Paschendaele, Neippe Fores, Amiens, Arras, Cambrai, Donai, Denaine.
#1090879
Dickenson, Grant:
Born Napanee. Occupation before enlisting, clerk. Served in Canadian
Army Service Corps in France and Belgium and was present at almost all engagements on the Western
Front in which Canadians were involved between January 1916 and the armistice. Mentioned in
Sir Douglas Haig's dispatch of Nov. 7, 1917. #510124
Dickinson, Sidney G.:
Born Napanee. Occupation before enlisting, clerk. Served in the
C.T.M.T.C. #510124
Dickson, Frederick Adam:
Born Glasgow, Scotland. Lived Enterprise and Centreville. Occupation
before enlisting, farmer. Enlisted Kingston, 1918. #343328
Dickson, William:
Born Glasgow, Scotland. Lived Enterprise. Occupation before enlisting, bookkeeper.
Served in Canadian Army Medical Corps. #536170
Dingman, J. S.:
Of Napanee. Nothing further known. [Possibly #835431 ?]
Doller, Marjorie:
Born Trenton. Occupation before enlisting, telephone operator.
Served in Canada as army clerical support.
Donohue, Edmund L.:
[Of Richmond township?] Drafted, 1st Depot Battalion, 1918. #3058433
Donovan, James M.:
Born Tamworth. Farmer. Drafted Barriefield, May 7, 1918.
1st Depot Battalion. #3058409
Dool, Henry:
Born Denbigh. Occupation before enlisting, lumberjack. Sent to England
with 159th Battalion, then to France with 5th Division (Railway Construction). Worked on
railway reconstruction at the Somme, Arras, Ypres, Cambrai and Lillers. #648255
Dorland, James Phillip:
Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lived Adolphustown. Occupation before
enlistment, farmer. Went overseas with 1st Division in October, 1914. #40400
Dott, Robert:
Born Glasgow, Scotland. Lived Camden East. Went overseas with the 80th
Battalion, but then was taken on strength with a succession of other battalions decimated by
actions at the front. Saw action on the Somme, at Vimy Ridge and at Cambrai. Was wounded once
and also gassed. #219441
Dougan, Robert R.:
Served overseas with 20th Battalion. Was injured while abroad and
invalided home. Died 1933. Buried Riverside Cemetery, Napanee. # 885622
Douglas, Estella:
Born ?, Trained as a nurse at the Buffalo Women's Hospital,
Buffalo, N.Y. Served as a nurse in Canada 1917-1919.
Doupe, James:
Born Centreville. Farmer. Drafted Barriefield, May 7, 1918.
1st Depot Battalion. #3058410
Dowling, Wilfrid:
Born Enterprise. Occupation before enlisting, farmer. Drafted,
Barriefield, May 7, 1918. Served in Canada with 1st Depot Department. #3058404
Dracup, George Franklin:
Born near Lonsdale. Lived near Roblin. Occupation, salesman.
Was working in Saskatchwan when he enlisted.
Observation aviator, Royal Flying Corps. Killed by anti-aircraft fire, 1917. #782283
Duffett, William Harold:
Born Ottawa. Lived Adolphustown. Graduate in medicine from
Queen's University. Served in Canadian Army Medical Corps, in Hastings, England.
Duffle, Edward James:
Born London, England. Came to Canada as a youngster and was
employed by Herbert Chambers, R.R. 2, Napanee as a farm hand. Conscripted Barriefield May
16th, 1918. 1st Depot Battalion. Nothing further known. # 3059902
Dulmage, B. R.:
[Said to have served in 1st Depot Battalion, but no record found.
Initials may be incorrect.]
Dunn, John Clarence:
Born Newburgh. Occupation before enlisting, Post Office clerk, Toronto.
Served overseas in France, Belgium and Germany. #321868
Dunn, Michael James:
Born Smiths Falls. Lived Kaladar township. Occupation before
enlisting, railway ticket clerk. Served in France and Belgium with 4th Canadian Mounted
Rifles in 1918. Was at Cambrai, the advance to Mons and the Valenciennes front. #3031699
Durham, Matthew:
Born Leith, Scotland. Lived Amherst Island. Occupation before enlisting,
farmer. Joined the Royal Canadian Regiment, and saw action in France and Belgium. Was at the
Battle of the Somme in 1916. At the Somme, he was shell-shocked which resulted in a disability
which prevented him serving further at the Front. #455713
Dwyer, Joseph:
Lived Enterprise. [Said to have served in 198th Battalion, but no
record found.]
Dwyer, Louise:
Born Camden township. Trained as a nurse in Kingston, Ontario.
Served at Toronto and at Newmarket Military Hospital.
Dwyer, Wilfred:
Born Tamworth, lived in Camden township. Occupation before enlisting, bookkeeper.
Volunteered in 1916. Served in France and Belgium with 80th Battalion and 124th Battalion (a.k.a. The Canadian
Pioneers). Was at Passchendaele, where he was killed in action. No known grave. #835040
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