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Captain '''John Pitt Dening''' (1894 - 1929) was a soldier and British India champion polo player.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Dening was born 21 November 1894 to [[Lieutenant-General]] Sir Lewis Dening, [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] and Lady Dening of [[Hampton Court Palace]] at Jhelum, Punjab, India. He was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]].<br />
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==Military career==<br />
He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army 14 January 1914. He was accepted for the Indian Army and joined the 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry on the 10 October 1914.<ref>Indian Army List January 1915</ref> He was promoted Lieutenant 14 April 1916, later antedated to 1 September 1915.<br />
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He served in Mesopotamia from 12 September 1916 to 31 October 1918 <ref>Supplement to the Indian Army List January 1924 p 383</ref> and was Mentioned in Dispatches.<ref>London Gazette 15 August 1917</ref> He was promoted Captain 14 January 1918.<br />
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In 1919-20 he attended the Cavalry School at Saugor <ref>various Indian Army Lists 1919-20</ref> From late 1921 to late 1922 he was the Adjutant of his regiment,<ref>various Indian Army Lists 1921-22</ref> which had amalgamated with the 23rd Cavalry in 1921 to form the 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry.<br />
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He participated in the 1927 [[International Polo Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Polo Begins |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723254,00.html#ixzz1JHo0f0hk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125033731/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723254,00.html#ixzz1JHo0f0hk |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |quote=No. 1. Capt. Claude Ernest Pert, 29, Army-in-India player, rugby player, boxer, War veteran.<br />
|work=[[Time magazine]] |date=September 5, 1927 |access-date=2011-04-12 }}</ref><br />
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From mid 1928 till early 1929 he was the commandant of Bhopal Sultania Infantry, an Indian States Forces unit.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Whilst on leave in England, Dening shot himself in a locked apartment at the Bolton House Hotel, [[Bolton Street, London|Bolton Street]], [[Westminster]], on the 9 April 1929.<ref>"International Polo Player Found Shot", ''[[The Times]]'', 10 April 1929, p. 18.</ref><br />
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