DENLEY Harold George

  • First Name(s):
    Harold 
    George 
  • Surname:
    DENLEY
  • Service Number:
    325908
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Regiment:
    1st/1st Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    8th November 1917
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Gaza War Cemetery, Israel, Grave XIX. D. 13.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John Francis and Mary Ann Denley, of Bridge End, Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

DENLEY Harold George Is Named On These Memorials

Hanley Castle Grammar School now Hanley Castle High School WW1 Memorial
Ripple St Mary’s Church
Ryall and Ripple War Memorial
Upton on Severn St Peter and St Paul’s Church
Worcester Cathedral Worcestershire Hussars

Further Information About DENLEY Harold George

H.G. Denley 1st/1st Worcester Yeomanry, 13th Draft, embarked at Southampton 11th December 1916 for service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt on 26th December 1916 (via France).  Wounded 8th November 1917, died of wounds 9th November 1917.

Source for additional information: The Yeomanry Cavalry of Worcestershire 1914 – 1922.

The following report appears in the Upton News, 17th November 1917:
Tpr. Harold Denley Killed
As we go to Press, we learn Mr and Mrs F.J. Denley, of Holly Green Farm, Upton-on-Severn, have received the sad news that their youngest son, Tpr. Harold G. Denley, of the Yeomanry, has been killed in action in Palestine. The deceased was educated at Hanley Castle Grammar School, and, prior to joining up on becoming of military age, assisted his father on the farm. The deceased’s brother, who was in South Africa when hostilities began, came to England to join up, and enlisted in the Yeomanry. Mr and Mrs Denley and family will have the sincere sympathy of a very wide circle of friends.

Awarded the British War and Victory medals.

A photograph of Trooper H.G. Denley of Upton can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 24th November 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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Credits: Upton News researched by Brian Hill. Medal index roll researched by Mick Wilks.