| Surname | Dalton | |||
| First Name(s) | James Emmet | |||
| Place of Birth | Fall River, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Club(s) | Bohemians | |||
| Service | British Army | |||
| Rank | Captain | |||
| Service Number | - | |||
| Previous Service Number(s) | - | |||
| Regiment or Corps | The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) | |||
| Unit(s) | 6th (Service) Battalion | |||
| Previous Regiment(s) or Corps | Royal Dublin Fusiliers | |||
| Unit(s) | 7th (Service) Battalion 9th (Service) Battalion | |||
| Type of Casualty (If applicable) | - | |||
| Theatre of War (If applicable) | - | |||
| Date of Death (If applicable) | - | |||
| Place of Death (If applicable) | - | |||
| Place of Burial/Commemoration (If applicable) | - | |||
| Grave/Memorial Reference (If applicable) | - | |||
| Awards and Decorations | Military Cross | |||
| Citation(s) | Military Cross: Temp. 2nd Lt. James Emmet Dalton, R. Dub. Fus. “For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led forward to their final objective companies which had lost their officers. Later, while consolidating his position, he found himself, with one serjeant, confronted by 21 of the enemy, including an officer, who surrendered when he attacked them.” (The London Gazette, Supplement 30514, 7 February 1918) | |||
| Supplementary Notes | Post War: Member of "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade Irish Republican Army. Commandant General IRA Major General Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces (SDR266) | |||
