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L/Cpl. James Bennet
British Army 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Glasgow
(d.3rd May 1917)
Originally from Moniaive in the Parish of Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, James Bennet was the son of James and Jemima (Armstrong) Bennet. He was working in a draper's shop in Cathcart, Glasgow, when he enlisted at Troon on 9 Nov 1914.
He first served in the Highland Light Infantry and then the East Yorkshire Regiment. He went missing in action on the 3rd of May 1917, quite possibly in the capture of Oppy Wood, Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Bennet family monument in Glencairn Churchyard.