Captain John Pitt Dening (1894 - 1929) was a soldier and British India champion polo player.
He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army 14 January 1914.
He was accepted for the Indian Army and joined the 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry on the 10 October 1914.
He served in Mesopotamia from 12 September 1916 to 31 October 1918 [2] and was Mentioned in Dispatches.
[6] From mid 1928 till early 1929 he was the commandant of Bhopal Sultania Infantry, an Indian States Forces unit.