A page in the Book of Honour in St. Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea states that he was born in 1891 in Willington, Northumberland. He moved with his parents William and Ann Dent to 10 Emmerson Road, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.
William Dent is remembered in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea on N10.06 and N10.14 and in the Battalion History page 245