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Colonel Wolseley mentioned him in his despatches as a “ most promising and zealous soldier.” He was gazetted Captain in 1872, Brevet Major in 1876, and Brevet Lieut .-Colonel, 9th September, 1884, and on the occasion of the Imperial authorities requiring a contingent of Canadian boatmen, the com¬ mand was offered to Colonel Denison, who at once obeyed the call of his old LIEUT.-COL. F. C. DENISON.

Chief. When the greater proportion of the Canadians came home, Lieut.-Colonel Denison and some eighty voyageurs and three officers remained, and General Brackenbury, on the conclusion of his movements, issued a general order thanking Colonel Denison and the Canadians for their courage and energy in sharing the trials and dangers of the campaign. Lieut.-Colonel Denison was for several years alderman for St. Stephen’s Ward, Toronto and twice Chairman of the Executive Committee, which positions he resigned on leaving for the Soudan.