Trooper Harold Denham
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards
Died of broncho-pneumonia
Date of Birth: 1887
Place of Birth: Payhembury, Devon
Date of Death: Died 28 October 1918 in France aged 31
Buried: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. Remembered on Seafront Memorial and St. James' Church Window Memorial, Teignmouth, Devon.
Awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
Trooper Harold Denham age 31. Born in 1887 at Payhembury, the son of Francis, a butcher, and Elizabeth Denham. In 1901 Harold was living with his parents and siblings at Chelsea Place, West Teignmouth. His mother died prior to WW1.
Before the war he was working with Great Western Railway in the Signal Department, Taunton and is remembered on their roll of honour. His widowed father also moved to Taunton.
He enlisted with 5th Dragoon Guards, service number D/152, and served with them throughout the war. The regiment was attached to 1st Cavalry Brigade when he became ill. Sadly Harold died of broncho-pneumonia in No.11 Stationery Hospital at Rouen on 28 October 1918. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. Remembered on Seafront Memorial and St. James' Church Window Memorial, Teignmouth, Devon.
His younger brother, Wilfred Denham, a Sergeant with the Devonshire Regiment had been killed on 10 March 1915.
"Served all through the war and was one of the original BEF, sad to hear that he had died on eve of victory." - Teignmouth Post - 15 November.
