DENTON, William Edwin

Portsmouth Naval Memorial, UKCredit: CWGC

Shipwright 5th Class
HMS Dunedin
Royal Navy

William was born 1921 in Newport to Edwin & Alice DENTON who were living at 19 Albert Street in Newport around the time of William’s death.

William, aged 20, was serving aboard the Light Cruiser Dunedin which was actively searching for U-Boats in the Atlantic, when on the 24th of November 1941 she was sunk by U124 with at least two torpedoes. Nearly 400 out of the 500 crew were lost, including William who is commemorated by the Commission on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial together with nearly 15,000 of his Second World War shipmates.

William is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.