Colonel Dennis Edward Francis Waight MC (15 February 1895 – October 1984) was a British Army professional infantryman.

[3][1] He earned a Military Cross while serving with the unit; he then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in March 1918.

[1] Waight was assigned to 22 Squadron as an observer;[2] he sat in the back seat of a two-seated Bristol F.2 Fighter and manned the rear machine guns to ward off attacks from behind.

On 10 July 1918, Waight scored his first victory while piloted by ace T. W. Martin;[5] he drove down a German Pfalz D.III fighter over Lille.

On 8 August 1918, while piloted by William Frederick James Harvey, Waight shared in the destruction of two Pfalz D.IIIs[4] in a dogfight northeast of Vitry; at least one of the shared wins was credited to another crew from 22 Squadron, John Everard Gurdon and Charles George Gass.

On the 13th, he destroyed a Rumpler and drove down its Pfalz D.III escort out of control northwest of Cambrai for victories five and six.

Waight finished out August 1918 by destroying a Fokker D.VII over Douai while piloted by South African ace Ian Oliver Stead[2][4][1] Waight would score one more victory, a week before the Armistice; piloted by Stanley Wallage, he drove down a Pfalz D.XII out of control northwest of Bavay for the final victory for both himself and his squadron.

[6] On 28 March 1922, his commission as lieutenant was backdated to 1 July 1917 and his precedence ranked on that day's seniority list.