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     Lt.-Col. John Anthony Dene was born on 6 June 1912 at Bodmin, Cornwall, England.² He is the son of Colonel Arthur Pollard Dene and Elsie Beatrice Yvonne Koe.^1,2 He married, firstly, Mary Anson, daughter of Claud Ronald Anson and Frederica Heath Harrison, on 22 February 1940 at Westminster, London, England.^1,2 He and Mary Anson were divorced in 1960.¹ He married, secondly, Judith A. Ramsden in 1960 at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.²
     He fought in the Second World War, when he became a POW in 1944.² He was Commanding Officer of the 4th Battalion, parachute Regiment between 1943 and 1944.² He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment.)¹ He lived at Kilteelagh Stud, Dromineer, County Tipperary, Ireland.³

     Colonel Arthur Pollard Dene married Elsie Beatrice Yvonne Koe, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Frederick William Brooke Koe and Beatrice Florence Ashby, in 1911 at Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland.²
     He lived at The Priory, Badingham, Suffolk, England^G.¹

     John Michael Dene was born on 15 April 1946.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. John Anthony Dene and Mary Anson.¹ He married Vianna Jane Wilson, daughter of James Thomas Amcotts Wilson and Judy Inchbald, in 1988.²
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹

     David Frederick Dene was born on 3 March 1948.¹ He is the son of Lt.-Col. John Anthony Dene and Mary Anson.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹

     Margaret Katherine Dene was born on 10 January 1942.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. John Anthony Dene and Mary Anson.¹ She married, firstly, Michael Charles Power, son of Major Charles Alfred Power and Margaret Cameron Henley, on 6 October 1962.¹ She and Michael Charles Power were divorced in 1976.¹ She married, secondly, Patrick Bernard Lucas in 1977.¹
     From 6 October 1962, her married name became Power.¹ From 1977, her married name became Lucas.¹ She lived in 2003 at Chalknewton House, Maiden Newton, Dorset, England^G.¹

     John Hamilton Ward was born in 1907.¹ He is the son of Edward Robert Ward and Edith Georgina Sheriff.¹ He married Peggy Elizabeth Louise Hazeldine, daughter of William Allen Hazeldine, on 23 June 1939.¹
     He lived in 1999 at 14 Green Park Way, Chillington, Knightsbridge, Devon, England^G.¹

     Joan Anson was born on 7 November 1919.¹ She is the daughter of Claud Ronald Anson and Frederica Heath Harrison.¹ She married Major J. C. Lee on 14 November 1945.¹
     Her married name became Lee.

     Major J. C. Lee married Joan Anson, daughter of Claud Ronald Anson and Frederica Heath Harrison, on 14 November 1945.¹ He died in 1963.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Netherlands Army.¹

     Lt.-Col. Frederic Anson was born on 3 March 1896.¹ He was the son of Hon. Frederic William Anson and Florence Louisa Jane Lane.¹ He died on 2 February 1963 at age 66, unmarried.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded.¹ He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Grenadier Guards.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹

     Mabel Elizabeth Flake Manning is the daughter of Albert Flake.¹ She married Major Ernald Henry Anson, son of Hon. Frederic William Anson and Florence Louisa Jane Lane, on 21 May 1924.¹
     Her married name became Anson.