3 Sons of Edmund Bartley Denniss:

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    • George Barlow Bartley-Denniss(1878–1900) was born in Hendon, Middlesex in November 1878 and educated at Harrow School, where he was a mathematics scholar. He attended theRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich and received his commission on 23 March 1898. During the Boer War On 16 September 1899, he sailed for South Africa aboard the Gaul, and the following week as 2nd Lt. joined the 23rd Field Co. Royal Engineers with whom he served during the Siege of Ladysmith which commenced on 2 November 1899. In the early hours of the morning of 6 January 1900, he was with a party of 33 sappers and NCOs of the Royal Engineers, under the command of Lt. Robert Digby-Jones, who were working on gun emplacements on Wagon Hill. They had installed a Navy 12 pounder, and were working on the mountings for a 4.7" gun, which was to have been brought up later in the day. In the pre-dawn darkness, Boer Commandos climbed the southern slopes and attacked both Wagon Hill and Caesar's Camp. During the morning the Imperial Light Horse made several charges in an attempt to clear the Boers from Wagon Hill, but the attempts were unsuccessful and costly. In the early afternoon a party of about 15-20 Boers charged the 4.7" gun emplacement. Lt. Digby-Jones and Trooper Herbert Albrecht of the ILH led a counter charge, killing the leading Boer soldiers and halting the enemy advance. As he rallied his men, Lt. Digby-Jones was mortally shot in the throat. George Denniss went to his assistance and was himself shot in the head and killed. Both Digby-Jones and Albrecht were awarded posthumous Victoria Crosses.
    • Henry Barlow Bartley-Denniss(1885–1913), Lt. Royal Navy, was granted a naval pension on 16/12/1912 for injuries. and died on 18/1/1913 at Belmont, Uxbridge, Middx.
    • Thomas Vivian Bartley-Denniss(1891–1918), educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. As Major, Royal Sussex Regt. he was promoted in France to acting Lt. Col. Royal Berkshire Regt., and died of wounds on 28/8/1918 at the Military Hospital, Denmark Hill, London. His photograph was printed in The Sphere newspaper 28/9/1918.

    Edmund's only surviving son was Lt. Col. Cyril Edmund Bartley-Denniss, DSO,(1883–1955) of the Royal Artillery, a tank specialist, of Eversley, Hants and Barnstaple, Devon. He was author ofIndex to Penfold's MS Sussex Pedigrees (1930). Cyril's eldest son, born at Barnstaple, Devon, was Col. George Arthur Bartley-Denniss(1916–1976), Royal Artillery, who was taken prisoner of war in WWII, and was approved by the King in 1946 to be "Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services while Prisoner of War".
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Bartley-Denniss

    Buried Uxbridge Cemetery,Middlesex
     

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  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Just did a search for him on The Wardrobe's website & got a few hits.
    http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/research/war-diaries/search/q:Bartley-Denniss
     
  3. farmersboy

    farmersboy Member

    Dear CL 1

    Can I have your permission to copy the image of the Royal Berks Regt [Thomas] image of the family memorial and add it to the Regimental Museum collection in The Wardrobe Rifles Museum at Salisbury. I am a volunteer at the museum and work on the Photograph archives. We are always looking to build up a better picture of each and every soldier where the info is available.

    Thanks in advance.

    Cheers

    Farmersboy.
     
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  4. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Hello Farmersboy
    Please feel free to use the photographs and pass them on free of charge to anyone who requires them.

    Regards
    Clive
     
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  5. farmersboy

    farmersboy Member

    Dear Clive

    Much obliged, I must pay a visit. He was in the 5th Battalion R Berks Regt.

    Regards

    Farmersboy
     

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