BX July 18, 1942

Herbert Denton, 139 Chestnut Avenue, died yesterday afternoon in Brantford General Hospital in his sixty-eighth year.  Mr. Denton was born in Northampton, England and came to Canada 33 years ago.  He was a member of Grace Church, the Canadian Legion and Springboks.  He was a soldier from the time he was 14 years of age until after the Great War.  He was a South African War Veteran and enlisted with the original Fourth Battalion, the “Mad Fourth,” serving with that unit throughout the war.  He was the proud and worthy holder of the Queen’s, the King’s, Long Service, Mons Star, Victory and the Active Service Medals.  The first two were earned during the Battle of Ladysmith in the South African War.  Surviving besides his widow is one son, LAC Herbert, stationed at Paulson, Man.; and three daughters, Mrs. G.E. McConnell, Rochester, N.Y.; Mrs. Walter Farr, Brantford; and Miss Lillian at home.  The late Mr. Denton is resting at the Beckett Funeral Home with funeral services to be held Tuesday afternoon.  Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX July 23, 1942

Herbert Denton

Funeral services were held at the Beckett Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon for Herbert Denton; Ven. Archdeacon A.L.G. Clarke of Grace Anglican Church was in charge, and members of the Brantford Branch of the Canadian Legion, the Fourth Battalion Association, the British Imperial Comrades’ Association and the Springboks, as well as relatives and friends, were present in large numbers.  The profusion of floral tributes also attested to the esteem in which deceased was held.  At the interment in the Soldiers’ Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery, “Reveille” and “Last Post” were sounded by Bugler P. Rowley.  Honorary pallbearers were P. Banner, J. Emmett, W. Bremner, T. Anderson, H. Carey, W. Jarvis, H. Young, R. Doyle and T. Taylor, while the active pallbearers were E.R. Edwards and H. Kneller, representing the Brantford Branch of the Canadian Legion; J. McDonald and P. Whelan, representing the Fourth Battalion Association; G. Ramsay and P. King, representing the Springboks.