George Stanley Dennis (1877-1919)
Constructing engineer who served in the 11th DLI died in Cologne, Germany
George Stanley Dennis, the son of George Doe and Mary Dennis, was born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire on 31 May 1877 and had two sisters. After living in Derbyshire for a few years the family moved to the Bayswater district of London and George went to the City of London School. This was followed by a three year apprenticeship with a firm of Electrical Engineers in Aachen, Germany and on completion he got a job as a draughtsman and constructing engineer in Berlin. After two and a half years he returned to England to study mathematics before getting a position as constructing engineer with the British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in London. He was elected a Graduate of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in January 1901 and was made a Member on 24 April 1903. He became a Freemason in 1909.
Nothing further can be discovered until 7 July 1916 when he was promoted from Officer Cadet to Probationary 2nd lieutenant. On 30 October he was transferred from the Reserve and attached to the Durham Light Infantry, before being posted to the 11th Battalion on 11 November. He was appointed temporary lieutenant on 23 June 1917 and was Mentioned in Despatches on 24 May 1918. In September he was appointed acting captain and attached to the Kent Cyclist Battalion until the end of the war. He was again appointed acting captain from 22 January 1919 until 24 February and died in Germany on 1 July in unknown circumstances.
Birth date: 31-May-1877
Death date: 1-July-1919
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: Derby District Lunatic Asylum, Derbyshire (1881 census)
26 Newton Road, Bayswater, Paddington, London (1891 census & England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995)
Education: City of London School, Westminster, London
Organisation membership: Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Minerva Lodge 3346 of the Order of Freemasons
Employment: Apprentice, Garbe, Lahmeyer A.G., Aachen, Germany
Draughtsman & Constructing Engineer, Emil Linell, Berlin
Constructing Engineer, British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. Ltd., London
Family: Father: George Doe Dennis
Mother: Mary Dennis (nee Moorshead)
Sisres: Gertrude Mary & Florence Sybley Dennis
Military service:
11th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Lieutenant
Medal(s): Mentioned in Despatches
Memorial(s): Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Grave Ref.: I.C.17
D.L.I. 1914-1918 Book of Remembrance, Durham Cathedral
D.L.I. 1914-1918 Book of Remembrance, Durham Cathedral
Masonic Great War Project & Roll of Honour, London
Gender: Male
Contributed by John Edwards