A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Sandown Christ Church : Douglas Gordon and Hugh Baker Dennett -

Location

In Churchyard of Christ Church, The Broadway, Sandown, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Additional inscription on family grave
Headstone

Sandown Christ Church : Douglas Gordon and Hugh Baker Dennett
 
Inscription


IN MEMORY
JANE DENNETT DIED FEB 21 1924 AGED 65.
CHARLES DENNETT DIED AUG 15 1926 AGED 70
DOUGLAS AND HUGH LOVED SONS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE DURING THE GREAT WAR.


 
Further Information

Sons of Charles Jolliffe and Jane (Jennie) Dennett (née Baker), of Grafton St., Sandown, Isle of Wight.

Douglas Gordon Dennett, born 1885, Sandown.

Hugh Baker Dennett, born 1887, Sandown

Census information :

1891 : Charles and Jane Dennett, with their children including Douglas aged 5 and Hugh aged 3, are at 'House back of Town Hall', Grafton Street, Sandown. Charles Dennett is a Carpenter and Joiner.

1901 : Charles and Edith J [sic] Dennett, with their children including Douglas aged 15 and Hugh aged 13, are at 'House back of Town Hall', Grafton Street, Sandown. Charles Dennett is a Carpenter and Joiner.

1911 : Charles and Jennie Dennett, with their children including Hugh aged 23, are at Grafton Street, Sandown. Charles Dennett is a Carpenter; Hugh Dennett is a Photographer and Printer. [Douglas Dennett not located]

Service information :

Corporal 2423 Douglas Gordon Dennett, 1st/4th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment.

Private 461260 Hugh Baker Dennett, 15th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps.

Casualty information :

Douglas Gordon Dennett died 13 Oct 1915 aged 30.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, France.

Hugh Baker Dennett died 18 Oct 1918, aged 31.

Buried at Bethencourt Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.

CWGC record ... for Douglas Gordon Dennett
 
CWGC record ... for Hugh Baker Dennett

Both brothers are commemorated on these Island Memorials :

Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 04
Sandown War Memorial
Sandown Christ Church War Memorial
 
Hugh Dennett is also commemorated at Sandown Fire Station :

Sandown Fire Brigade War Memorial and Roll of Service

Newspaper cuttings :

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS

Saturday, November, 1914 Page 8

THE ISLAND AND THE WAR
SANDOWN
Four members of the Sandown Fire Brigade - Messrs. W.H. Brown, Sidney Brown, Bert Holbrook, and E. Draper - have left for ambulance duties at the Front. They each hold ambulance certificates and are members of the Fire Brigade Division of the Red Cross. There are six members of the Brigade serving in various capacities, Hugh Dennett being with the 26th Field Ambulance while E.J. Cassford is with the 3rd Hants.

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS

Saturday, April 28, 1917 Page 5

THE ISLAND AND THE WAR
SANDOWN
A telegram received yesterday from France stating that Pte. Hugh Dennett, R.A.M.C., second son of Mr. Charles Dennett, of Grafton-street, is dangerously ill. He has been in the fighting at Vimy Ridge.

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS

Saturday, May 5, 1917 Page 8

THE ISLAND AND THE WAR
SANDOWN
A telegram announces a slight improvement in the condition of Pte. Hugh Dennett, R.A.M.C., second son of Mr. Charles Dennett, of Grafton-street, who was reported in our last issue to be lying in a serious condition in France. It now transpires that he has a serious attack of pneumonia, and in view of his excellent constitution there is every reason to hope that he will pull through.

ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS

Saturday, March 30, 1918 Page 5

THE ISLAND AND THE WAR
SANDOWN
In addition to the four members of the Fire Brigade mentioned last week, a fifth, Hugh Dennett, has received the Mons ribbon. Dennett joined R.A.M.C. in Kitchener's Army in September, 1914, volunteered and was sent to France in the following month, and saw much active service in the fighting zone for two years before being sent home through illness. He is a son of Mr. C. Dennett, of Grafton-street. Before joining the R.A.M.C. he twice tried to enlist in a fighting unit, but was rejected owing to defective sight he has now completely recovered, and is on active service with the British Forces in Italy.


Acknowledgments

Janet Griffin for newspaper research
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Page last updated : 24 June 2015 (added further newspaper reports)


 
 

 
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