South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Abbeville Communal Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| After 1 Jan 1916 | ~ | Ettington |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Battle of Albert (Somme) | March 1915 at Northampton | Sutton Cheney |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| No 2 Stational Hospital, Abbeville | ~ | |
Circumstances of Death
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David is listed as having died of wounds on 14 Jul 1916. A report in the Hinckley Echo on 30 Aug 1916 states that David died in the hospital at Aberville [Abbeville], France from gunshot wounds to the head. The war diary indicates that David was wounded either on 7 Jul 1916 at Fricourt or between the 8th & 10th Jul 1916 at nearby Contalmaison. The battalion were out of the lines by 3.30pm on the 10th and went into Billets. The relevant pages of the war diary are attached here as a PDF so that readers can come to their own conclusions about the place and date that David was wounded. Click here David had alson been wounded on 31 May 1916 and was entitled to wear a Wound Stripe on his tunic sleeve. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 13 Oct 1891 at Sutton Cheney, Leics | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Joseph and Ruth Denton | Daddington |
| Wife | Marriage Details |
| Catherine Denton nee Hicks later Woods | Jan Qtr 1916 in Stratford on Avon District |
| Schools | Colleges |
| ~ | |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1891 - Sutton Cheney | 1907 - Railway Porter at Market Harborough |
| 1901 - Chapell Street, Barwell | 1911 - Railway Porter |
| 1911 - Shenton nr Nuneation | |
| 1916 - The Dairy, Ettington |
