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Hiram Fredrick Delaney
Regiment:
Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
25th Battalion
Company:
”C” Company
Regimental Number:
67309
Rank:
Private
Date of Birth:
July 16, 1894
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Trade:
Plumber
Marital Status:
Single
Prior Military Experience:
Yes
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
November 15, 1914
Age at Enlistment:
20
Height: 5 Feet 10 1/2 Inches
Chest:
37 1/2 Inches
Expansion: 3 Inches
Prior Military Experience:
Enrolled at Yarmouth, N.S.
Religion:
Baptist
Hiram Fredrick Delaney was the son of Walter and Sophia Delaney, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
The family received word that Hiram died of wounds at
No 16 General Hospital, Le Treport, France from a gunshot wound in his back. Private Hiram Delaney was wounded in action at the Battle for Courcelette.
Date of Death:
October 6, 1916
Age at Death:
22
Buried at:
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France (Plot: II. H. 3.)
The official military records list the death of Hiram Delaney as October 6, 1916; however, the date of October 4, 1916 has been used on the Zion
Baptist Church memorial tablet. Official notice of death received by the family originally listed the date of death at October 4, 1916.
On June 6, 1915 a muster parade was held at Camp Sandling, Kent, for the 25th Battalion. The official list records the names of forty-four officers
and the regimental numbers and names of 1,130 other ranks to a total of 1,174. The numbering alloted by the Department of Militia and Defense covered
67001 to 68999. Any man with a Regimental number starting with 67 or 68 is automatically identified to this day as a member of the original unit as it left
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Le Treport is a small seaport 25 kilometres north-east of Dieppe.
The Cemetery is 1.5 kilometres south of the town. During the First World
War, Le Treport was an important hospital centre and by July 1916, the
town contained three general hospitals (the 3rd, 16th and 2nd Canadian),
No.3 Convalescent Depot and Lady Murray's B.R.C.S. Hospital. As the
original military cemetery at Le Treport filled, it became necessary to use
the new site at Mont Huon.
There are now 2,128 Commonwealth burials of the First World War
in the cemetery and seven from the Second World War. The cemetery also
contains more than 200 German war graves.
Commemorated on Page 76 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
This page is displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 25
Listed on the Nominal List of the 25th Battalion
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Veterans Affairs Canada
Hiram Fredrick Delaney
Attestation Paper (click to enlarge)
Hiram Fredrick Delaney (back row left holding a pennant “Yarmouth”)
Yarmouth Times
Tuesday October 10, 1916
News of Private Delaney.
The following letter has been received from
Chaplain E.E. Graham addressed to Mrs. Walter
Delaney.
No. 7 Canadian General Hospital
B.E.F., France
Sept. 22, 1916
Mrs. Walter Delaney
Yarmouth, NS
Dear Madam
I
am
writing
for
your
son,
Pte
Delaney
of
the
25th
Battalion,
who
was
wounded
in
the
fighting
at
the
end
of
last
week
as
you
no
doubt
know,
and
is
dangerously
ill
in
No.
16
British
General
Hospital
here
at
Le
Treport.
In
addition
to
minor
wounds
in
leg
and
shoulder
he
has
a
very
severe
one
at
the
back
of
the
head.
He
has
had
an
operation
here
and
while
the
doctors
do
not
consider
his
case
at
all
hopeless,
yet
his
condition
is
not
what
they
would
call
satisfactory
as
yet.
He
is
in
excellent
hands
in
a
well
equipped
hospital.
Everything
possible
will
be
done
for
him
and
I
hope
and
pray
that
with
the
good
care
he
is
receiving
and
in
God’s
good
providence
he
may
by
the
time
this
reaches
you
be
on
the
way
to
recovery.
I
am
glad
to
be
able
to
visit
him
and
other
members
of
the
25th
who
are
in
English
hospitals
here
and
to
render
any
service
I
can.
I
shall
try
to
keep
you
informed
of
his
progress.
He
is
quite
conscious
and
is
not
suffering
greatly.
He
sends
his
love
and
asks
you
not
to
worry
as
“everything is all right.”
Faithfully yours,
E. E. Graham, Chaplain
A telegram received here Sunday states that
Private Delaney is dangerously ill.
Hiram Fredrick Delaney (back row third left)
photos courtesy of Catherine Lombard-Nixon
In Memoriam Hiram Delaney 1895- 1916
Inscription on the Delaney Family Stone in the Yarmouth Mountain Cemetery
In loving memory of PTE Hiram F. Delaney
Son of Walter and Sophia Delaney
Who died for King and Country in France
October 4, 1916
Aged 21 years
Buried in Mt. Huon Cemetery
Le Treport France
Servant of God; well done
Thy glorious warfare’s past
The battles fought, the victory’s won
And thou art crowned at last
Four Post Cards (left) were sent by Hiram while in
France, to his Mother:
The message on back read:
July 6, 16
Dear Mother
Yours to hand yesterday. Glad to hear you are well. I
am well and having a great time. Will write later in
the week. Give my love to all ....
