Oct 20, 1885
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Born at
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
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Mar 29, 1912
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Embarked the SS
Virginian at Liverpool England with his wife Bertha Annie (nee Campkin) Lenton
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Apr 6, 1912
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Disembarked at
Halifax Nova Scotia and proceeded to Brampton Ontario
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Dec 13, 1915
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Attested into
the 126th Battalion at Brampton Ontario
Ø Number 775517
Ø Next of kin given as Bertha Annie Lenton, wife, of Brampton Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as Florist
Ø No previous military experience given
Ø Religion given as Church of England
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Aug 14, 1916
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Embarked the
Empress of Britain at Halifax Nova Scotia
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Aug 24, 1916
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Disembarked at
Liverpool England
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Oct 15, 1916
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Transferred to
the 116th Battalion at Bramshott
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Dec 22, 1916
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Transferred to
the 21st Battalion
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Dec 23, 1916
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Arrived at the
CBD (Canadian Base Depot) at the Rouelles Camp, Havre France and TOS (Taken On Strength)
the 21st Battalion
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Jan 18, 1917
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Left the CBD to
join the 2nd Entrenching Battalion
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Jan 21, 1917
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Joined the 2nd
Entrenching Battalion at Hersin
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Feb 24, 1917
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Left the 2nd
Entrenching Battalion to join the 21st Battalion
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Feb 26, 1917
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Joined the 21st
Battalion at Ruitz in Divisional Reserve. While
there, the Battalion carried out training exercises and route marches
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Apr 9, 1917
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During the advance on Vimy Ridge, Pte
Lenton was instantly killed. His body was
buried in a mass grave in what was called Crater CB-2.
His remains were later exhumed and reburied in a mass grave at Crater CB-1. This was later renamed the Zivy Crater Cemetery. Because his remains were placed in the mass grave,
the exact location of his body is not known and the names are recorded on panels around
the crater.
Following the war, the British War
Medal, Victory Medal, Memorial Cross, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny) and Scroll were sent
to his widow, Mrs Bertha A Lenton, at 23 James St, Brampton Ontario.
A second
Memorial Cross was sent to his mother, Mrs AG Wilson, at Whitworth Road, Wellingboro,
North Hants, England
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Nov 19, 1919
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Pte
Lenton’s widow and 2 children embarked the RMS Megantic at Liverpool England
There is no
indication in the service file that she had been in England during the war and I assume
that she proceeded overseas after the war to introduce Pte Lenton’s mother to her
grandchildren, and to possibly visit her husband’s burial site in France.
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Nov 27, 1919
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Mrs Lenton
disembarked at Halifax Nova Scotia and returned to Brampton Ontario with her 2 children
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