Background
Jack was the eldest child in the Denham family, which included his mum
Martha, dad John and his brothers and sister Ron, Len and Shirley and
took on the role of father figure of the family after his dad was killed
in action in the War. Jack adopted this role with great pride and was
universally respected by family and friends.
As a boy he was evacuated during the war to Wales and Yorkshire with
his siblings and after the war he went to Chatham Technical School with
aspirations of becoming a teacher. He put these aspirations to one side
in order to ensure that his family received the best possible support,
a selfless act that is typical of the kind of man Jack was.

Jack joined Chatham dockyard as a Marine Fitter apprentice and became
a very skilled engineer, particularly specialising in steam. The skills
he acquired in the dockyard were of life-long benefit to all his family
and friends. During his retirement he used these skills to help refurbish
the WW2 steam tug TID 164 with his friends Martin, Keith, Dave, Wobbly
and Mike.
Apart from his time in the dockyard Jack had a varied working life that
included joining the Navy and Servis as a domestic appliance service
engineer before starting his own domestic servicing business. He finished
his working life at Kingsnorth power station, retiring as a work study
engineer.
Jack was married to his childhood sweetheart Babs and had three children;
Deborah, Lee and Warren and along the way acquired a son-in-law Paul
and a daughter-in-law Carey and four grandchildren, Ross, Gary, Lauren
and Mark.
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