- SURNAME
Dennys
- FORENAME
Lancelot Ernest
- UNIT
204 Mission (head of British Military Mission with the Chinese)
- RANK
Major General
- NUMBER
- DATE OF DEATH
14th March 1942
- AGE
51
- GRAVESITE
Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, China I.C.6
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 1st Punjab Regiment, Indian Army
born 10.05.1890, Simla, India
holder M.C. and bar (WWI, 54th Sikh Regiment of the Indian Army)
former Military Attaché, Chungking
killed in air crash
DATE OF DEATH:
14-Mar-1942CITATION:
Military Cross : At Shejarhar Bridge, on the 20th September 1918, he led his company through an intense cross machine-gun barrage and took his objective with the utmost determination and dash. His personal gallantry and disregard of danger greatly inspired all ranks. Although severely wounded, he endeavoured to crawl and continue commanding, but finally had to be carried back by his orderly.
WEB LINKS:
https://www.cnac.org/emilscott/dennys01.htmFINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15217000/lancelot-ernest-dennys
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