Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Charles James Lennox
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 20.05.1915
- Place of enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Service no: N/A
- Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 46th Battalion
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 23.03.1875
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation: Barrister at Law
- Mother:
Annie Lennox
- Father:
James Kincaid Lennox
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Eveleen Lennox & Dorothy Lennox
- Children:
- Age at Death: 77
- Date of Death: 08.08.1952
- Place of Death: Vancouver, Canada
- Burial Country: Canada
- Cemetery: Capilano View Cemetery
More about Charles James Lennox
Senior County Court Judge, District of North Vancouver
Judge Lennox studied Law at the University of Edinburgh. He interrupted his practice in Dundee to go to the South African War with the Fife Forfar Light Horse, serving from 1900-1901.In 1907, he came to Canada to practise law, first in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, later at Moose Jaw. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar in 1908.
He went overseas in the First World War as Major and Second in Command of the 46th Battalion. He became assistant to the deputy Judge Advocate General for Canadian Troops and ended the war a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1919.
Moving to Vancouver, he was called to the B.C. Bar in 1919. In 1933 he was named to the County Court and in 1945 was made Senior County Court Judge.
He retired in 1950. He was a former president of North Vancouver Branch 118 of the Canadian Legion.
He was survived by three sisters in the UK and by his second wife, Dorothy. His first wife Eveleen nee Wood and two daughters predeceased him.
Gary Thomson
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