Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Denton akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant colonel wenguva pfupi muna September 1916, uye akatungamirira kwenguva pfupi Battalion yechi11 kwevhiki shomanana. Akabatawo mutungamiri wechinguvana weChikwata chechi10 paYpres kwemazuva mashomanana. Denton akapiwa zororo remwedzi mitatu muna October 1916, nemhaka yokurwara kwomudzimai wake kwakakomba. Pakudzoka kwake, akatungamirira kwenguva pfupi 70th Battalion uye ipapo muna March 1917 akapiwa murairo we49th Battalion. Denton akatungamirira chikwata paFirst ne
Hondo yechipiri yeVillers-Bretonneux. Akasimbiswa kuva lieutenant colonel muna September 1917, asi muna May 1918 akakuvadzwa zvakare uye aifanira kubviswa kuEngland. Denton akabva apiwa basa rokutungamirira 3rd Training Brigade kubva muna June 1918 kusvika muna January 1919. Akabudiswa muAIF muna August 1919.