DENSON, William Henry. † ≠ Pte 7056 1st North Staffs Regt (Prince of Wales Own). Was a regular soldier before WW1 and on 1911Census he was serving in India. He went to France just after the outbreak of war on 10/9/1914. KIA 31/7/1917 age 33. Remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, (panel 55). b1884 Newcastle under Lyme. His daughter Mary Catherine and her mother Dora Ann Wilson were both born in Hathersage, and their descendants still live in the village.