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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Walter Delaney
February 8, 1893
Yarmouth, NS
Yarmouth, NS
24
5 feet, 11 inches
Fair
Brown
Dark Brown
Married
Stevedore
Church of England
Ethel Delaney (Wife) Yarmouth, NS
1099385
Sergeant
29th Battery Canadian Field Artillery
January 26, 1917
256th Railway Construction Battalion
Yarmouth NS
No. 10 Canadian Railway Troops
England, France
March 24, 1919 (Halifax) (On Demobilization)
Walter Delaney was the son of Walter Delaney and Sophia Delaney of Yarmouth, and father of two
girls, May and Hilda.
He arrived in England on April 29, 1917, and embarked for service in France on June 17, 1917. He
was promoted to Corporal on October 15, 1917 and to Sergeant on March 14, 1918. He served
with No.10 Canadian Railway Troops in France. During his service in France he was granted eight
days leave in Paris (February 1918) and fourteen days leave in the United Kingdom.
He returned to Canada on the SS Belgic disembarking at Halifax on March 2, 1919.
Walter Delaney
Walter Delaney and Ethel Delaney with grandchildren.
photo courtesy of Catherine Lombard-Nixon
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