Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB); Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE); British War Medal (PAYR.MID. J. DENT. R.N.); Victory Medal (PAYR.MID. J. DENT. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star clasp France & Germany; Burma Star clasp Pacific; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 with MID Oakleaf; Naval General Service Medal clasp South East Asia 1945-46 (CDR (S) J. DENT. O.B.E. R.N.); Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953
Rear Admiral John Dent Royal Navy was born in 1899 in Sedbergh, Yorkshire. A career Naval officer, he was awarded the OBE in 1941 which was followed by the CB in 1956.
1937 Coronation awarded as Paymaster Commander (Temporary Paymaster Captain) R.N.
1953 Coronation awarded as Captain (S) Royal Navy.
He died in Sway Hampshire in 1973.
Medals with accompanying miniatures are mounted in a Spink wooden display frame.
