Biography:
Richard Molesworth Dennys was born 17 December 1884, the only son of Edward Dennys of Coleherne Court, London.
He came to Winchester College from Mr. Halcombe's school at Bexley in September 1898 and was in F House, Hawkins'. He left Winchester in December 1900 and eventually studied medicine. He qualified as a doctor at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 1909.
At the outbreak of war he was in Florence working with Gordon Craig at his theatre school. He immediately returned to England to volunteer for the R.A.M.C., and on being informed that there was no further demand at that time for doctors, he joined the 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was promoted to Captain in December 1914.
Dennys was mortally wounded near Contalmaison, early in the Battle of the Somme and died twelve days later, on 24 July 1916, in the British General Hospital at Rouen.
He continued to write poetry thoughout the War and a small selection of his poems, some of them written in early boyhood, were published under the title of There is no Death in 1917.