Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Denton
Thomas George Denton
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: DENTON, Thomas George
Status: Returned
Address: New Cut Mill
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 8th (City of London) (Post Office Rifles)
Regiment: London Regiment
Chronology: October 1917 to February 1919, France
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Harry and Harry Denton
Handwritten notes say that this is the Denton family of New Cut Mill and it is also referred to as Buggs Mill. We don't know if the two Harrys who appear in the Roll of Honour with this address are definitely shown in these photographs but it seems likely.
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: DENTON, Harry
Status: Died
Address: New Cut Mill
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 4th
Regiment: Royal Berkshire Regiment
Chronology: April 1915 to October 1916
Cause of Death: Died after discharge
Place at death: Guildford
Date of death: 28 February 1918
Buried or Commemorated: Probably ABINGDON CEMETERY….
Reference: Unknown
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Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: DENTON, Harry
Status: Died
Address: New Cut Mill
Rank: Private
Service No: G/8283
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 11th
Regiment: Royal West Kent Regiment
Chronology: from June 1915, France
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Place at death: France
Date of death: 15 September 1916
Born: Sittingbourne, Kent
Enlisted: Lewisham, S.E., London
Resident: Lewisham, S.E., London
Age at Death: 23
Family Details: Son of Mrs. Ellen Catherine Denton, of New Cut Mill Cottages, Abingdon, Berks.
Buried or Commemorated: Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
Reference: Pier and Face 11 C.
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William Denton
Details from the Abingdon Roll of Honour
Name: DENTON, William
Status: Died
Address: 2 Victoria Road
Rank: Private
Service No: 7329
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 2nd
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Chronology: from August 1914, France
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Place at death: Belgium
Date of death: 21 October 1914
Born: Abingdon
Enlisted: Cantebury
Resident: Abingdon
Age at Death: 38
Family Details: Husband of Edith Warwick (formerly Denton), of 3, Ock St., Abingdon, Berks.
Biographical Details: Extract from de Ruvigny’s ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-1918, Part 3, Page 77:
DENTON, W, Private, No. 7329, 2nd Battn. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: served with the Expeditionary Force in France killed in action 21 Oct. 1914.
Buried or Commemorated: Buried in BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Reference: Enclosure No.4 Plot XIII. Row H. Grave 1.
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