Sapper 323585 John DENNIS

Sapper 323585 John Dennis{gallery}Spr J Dennis{/gallery}98th Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers
Drowned at sea in the sinking of HMT Osmanieh, off Alexandria, Egypt, 31st December 1917, aged 20

• Buried: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave F.179
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Hannah Dennis
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Sapper Dennis
• Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery
• Royal Engineers

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1897 at Donisthorpe, Leics
  
• Lived at 138 Gadsby Street, Attleborough [1901 & 1911]
• Employed as a grocer’s assistant [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Arrived in Theatre on 12 May 1915 [Medal Card]