John Denison (Royal Navy)
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John DenisonTemplate:'s great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and five brothers served as army officers, but he served instead in the Royal Navy.[1]
He joined the Navy in 1867, as a midshipman.[1] From 1893 to 1896 he commanded the royal yacht Template:Ship.[2] He was described as the first Canadian to command a fleet.
He served as naval aide de camp to King Edward VII from 1905 to 1906.[2]
He retired in 1909, as a rear admiral.[2]
His son, Bertram Denison, followed him into the Royal Navy, serving as a midshipman during the Boer War.[1] He would later transfer to the Army. He was wounded in the head, and left for dead, leading his men in an attack, during the first battle of World War One.[3]
Denison died in Alverstock, near Portsmouth, England on March 9, 1939.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 David Gagan (1973). The Denison Family of Toronto: 1792-1925. University of Toronto Press. p. 22. ISBN 9781487597368. https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZPs2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT22&lpg=PT22&dq=%22George+Taylor+Denison%22+1783+OR+1853.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Admiral John Denison; Retired British Officer, King's Yacht Commander, Held D.S.O.". The New York Times: p. 23. 1939-03-10. https://www.nytimes.com/1939/03/10/archives/admiral-john-denison-retired-british-officer-kings-yacht-commander.html. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
- ↑ Paul Hunter (2014-09-08). "Toronto’s first casualty of World War 1". The Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/ww1/2014/09/08/torontos_first_casualty_of_world_war_i.html. Retrieved 2019-06-09.