Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Bandmaster First Class S. Dennis, Royal Marine Band

1914-15 Star (R.M.B. 1475. Mus. S. Dennis.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.B. 1475 L.Sgt. S. Dennis.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (R.M.B. 1475 S. Dennis. Bdmr.2. H.M.S. Ganges.) last officially re-impressed, contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Sidney Dennis was born in Pentonville, London, on 26 June 1893 and joined the Royal Marines as a Band Boy on 18 September 1908. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Dreadnought from the outbreak of War to 2 February 1917, and was serving in her when Dreadnought became the first and only battleship ever to sink a submarine, when she rammed and cut in two the German submarine U-29 on 18 March 1915.

Advanced Band Corporal on 26 April 1916, Dennis was promoted Bandmaster Second Class on 23 May 1924 and Bandmaster First Class on 24 January 1927, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 26 September 1926. He was discharged on 25 June 1932, and died on 9 January 1971.

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