Hi List I thought the kind people on the Island list might be interested in this email that was posted to the Kent list. regards ray. -------------------------- > Hi Listers, > > This is for those of you who were interested in my story of Henry William > Denne Denne who was killed in the Boer War and left behind a pregnant wife. > My sincere thanks goes to Jean and Bryce from this List who gave me a lot > of help and advice. They also put me in touch with a David Stevens who > must be a historian as he gave me the whole of Henry William's army career. > > It started when I found out that one of my DENNEs from Littlebourne [who > had enlisted with the Gordon Highlanders] had been killed in the Boer War > leaving behind a pregnant wife, and that the child then became the godson > of Queen Victoria. I tried to find out why and if there was any > connection between the Dennes and Q. Victoria, but with no luck. > > Melanie Carruthers from the KFHS until recently was the Curator of the > Gordon Highlander' Museum in Aberdeen, and she very kindly went back to do > some research for me. Now the new born son of Henry [now deceased] and > Mabel Denne was christened VICTOR ALEXANDER HENRY DENNE DENNE, but it > appears from the records that Q. Victoria stood as godmother to all sons of > officers killed in the Boer war. However, there was one proviso and that > was that they would all be given the Christian names of VICTOR ALEXANDER > HENRY. So if you ever come across someone born circa 1900 with the > initials of VAH, chances are they are the godsons of Queen Victoria. > > To end this tale young Victor also joined the Gordon Highlanders and in > 1941 was in Singapore when later he became prisoner of war of the Japs. > > Isn't genealogy interesting. > > Regards > > Dorothy > > > > ==== KENT-ENG Mailing List ==== > There is a Kent / Sussex History Timeline at : > http://snow.prohosting.com/astrostu/index20.html >