De Ruvigny Roll of Honour Vol 1 page 111
William Denham was born 10th October 1886, at Stockton-On-Tees. He was the first son of William Denham of 2 Paradise Place, Stockton-On-Tees, and his wife Jane, daughter of Henry Lambert.
William was educated at Grangefield School at Stockton. He joined the Navy in 1903. He served both in the Home and Mediterranean Fleets, and received the Messina Medal from the King of Italy, for services rendered in the earthquake there.
He passed his qualifying examination for Warrant Officer on the 30th November 1914.
He was killed in action going down on the H.M.S. Formidable when that ship was torpedoed by a German U-Boat U-24 on the 1st January 1915, with 547 casualties. The U Boat was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Schneider.
De Ruvigny Roll of Honour
William Denham is remembered in Stockton in S138.18 page 14, and on S138.33 and on our List of Ships’ crews
HMS Formidable Casualty and Survivor Lists
The CWGC entry for Petty Officer Denham
