William George Dent
Gunner 125884
“Y” Battery, 2nd Siege Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery.
Division 58
William Dent is buried in the cemetery and his is a registered War Grave although the headstone is a private memorial. Grave number 11151. He died on 4th June 1917 aged 35 years.
The inscription on the headstone marks the sad end of a small family. William Dent’s wife and young daughter are buried with him. His child, Ivy, died in 1908 aged 18 months and his wife Ethel, possibly because, by then, she had little to live for, died in 1922, there is no indication of her age.