Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Denton e buliri elu ruo nwa oge lieutenant colonel na September 1916, ma jide nwa oge iwu nke 11th Battalion maka izu ole na ole. O jikwara oge nke battalion nke 10 na Ypres ruo ụbọchị ole na ole. E nyere Denton ezumike ọnwa atọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 1916, n'ihi ọrịa na-egbu nwunye ya. Mgbe ọ laghachiri, o duziri obere oge nke 70th Battalion na mgbe ahụ na Machị 1917 ka enyere ya iwu nke 49th Battalion. Denton duziri ndị otu ahụ na First na
Agha nke Abụọ nke Villers-Bretonneux. E mere ya osote onye ọchịagha na Septemba 1917, mana na Mee 1918 ọ merụrụ ahụ ọzọ ma a ga-akpọga ya England. E nyeziri Denton iwu nke 3rd Training Brigade site na June 1918 ruo Jenụwarị 1919. A chụrụ ya n'ọrụ na AIF n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 1919.