The Bowes Museum Dent Maurice

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Name:

Maurice Dent

Casualty No.:

Initials:

Service No.:

514191; 71582

Date of Birth:

25-January-1885

Place of Birth:

Middleton-in-Teesdale

Age at Death:

Ranks:

Private; at the end of his service, Acting Sergeant

Unit:

Canadian Expeditionary Force, Army Service Corps (Training Depot No. 2 at enlistment); Royal Flying Corps

Teesdale Township:

Middleton-in-Teesdale

Place Enlisted:

Toronto, 22 March 1917, aged 28 years and 5 months

Home Address:

21 Bridge Street, Middleton-in-Teesdale (1901). At enlistment: 1071 Keele Street, Toronto, Canada. Last known address: 71 Beechborough Avenue, York, Ontario, Canada (1963)

Civilian Employment:

Chauffeur. Later, mechanic

Cause of Death:

Date of Death:

Place of Death:

Battles & Campaigns:

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Possible duplicate record. See notes

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Decoration and Medals:

Service :

Army

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Son of Matthew Dent and Sarah, née Allinson, who married on 3 January 1880 in Barnard Castle Register Office. They lived at Grenfell View, Middleton-in-Teesdale. Brother of George (1880), Wilfred (1881)[see separate entry on database], Sydney (1888-1892), John William (1896-1897) and Gladys (1898).

Maurice married Elsie Marion Crump on 28 April 1917, Church of St Mark, Toronto, Canada. The couple had a two children called Marjorie Eileen and Wilfred Roy Dent.

Maurice's date of death is unknown but it was after 1963.

Notes:

For full details and original source references see dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk

Maurice emigrated from Liverpool on 14 September 1910 aboard the Virginian accompanied by his brother Wilfred. They arrived in Quebec on 23 September 1910.

Maurice was discharged from the Army Service Corps on 20 April 1917 to join Royal Flying Corps.

Possible duplicate record. See separate entry on database for Maurice Dent.

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Sources:

First Name: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Last Name: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Initials: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Service: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Ranks: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Service Number: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Unit: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Date of Birth Day: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Date of Birth Month: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Date of Death Year: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Place of Birth: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Place Enlisted: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Home Address: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Civilian Employment: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; UK Commemorated: Possible duplicate entry. See notes.; Family Details: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Notes: http://dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk/interactive-database/; Teesdale Townships: Teesdale Poor Law Union 1914;