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Cpl. John Bennett
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:30 Hanover Street, Portwood, Stockport
(d.1st Sep 1916)
John was one of three brothers who died in the War. Private Herbert Bennett served with the Northumberland Fusiliers and Private William Bennett with the Cheshire Regiment. Any info on this family please.
Pte. John Bennett
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Stkr1. John Thomas Bennett
Royal Navy HMS Tigress
from:Bristol
My paternal grandfather, John Bennett, was awarded £5 on 21st Oct 1920 from the Navy prize fund for the destruction of the Breslau. Service record shows a total of 4 payments awarded, but only one mentions the amount. He joined the Royal Navy on the 9th of March 1916 for the period of hostilities. He was demobed on the 19th of March 1919.
Pte. John Bennett
British Army 9th Battalion Worcester Regiment
from:Dodderhill, Bromsgrove
(d.26th January 1917)
Pte. John Arthur Bennett
British Army 6th Btn Welch Regiment
from:Ocle Pychard, Burley Gate, Herefordshire
John Bennett served with the 6th Battalion, Welch Regiment. I am John's Grandson
Stkr. John Thomas Bennett
Royal Navy HMS Tigress
from:Bristol
My paternal Grandfather, John Bennett, served in the Royal Navy aboard HMS Tigress in WW1. In 1920 he was awarded £20 from the Navy prize fund for the ship's part in the destruction of the German cruiser SMS Breslau. He died in 1959.
Pte. John L. Bennett
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
L/Cpl. Joseph Bennett
British Army 13th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Birmingham
(d.6th Jun 1918)
Pte. Michael Bennett
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.27th Apr 1916)
Cpl. Oliver Bennett
12th Battery
from:
(d.21st Oct 1914)
HOLT, St ANDREW THE APOSTLE, WAR MEMORIAL
We pray you remember before God, Charles Henry Steer and Oliver Bennett former members of the choir who lost their lives fighting for King & Country in the Great War 1914. RJ.D.
BENNETT, Oliver Corporal 32124. 12th Battery Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 21st October 1914. Aged 25. Born at North Walsham. Enlisted Norwich. Son of William and Rebecca Bennett, of Holt, Norfolk, Norwich, Norfolk. One of two choir members commemorated on the stain glass window in St Andrew the Aposlte church. Buried in Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Ref. XVI. A. 8.
If anyone has more information on Oliver or his family please email me.
Lt. Owen Hewitt D. Bennett
Royal Air Force
(d.26th April 1918)
Lieutenant Bennett is buried in the Abberley (St. Mary) Churchyard, north east of the Church, in Worcestershire
Sgt. Patrick Bennett
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Dublin
(d.19th Apr 1915)
atrick Bennett enlisted in Liverpool and was killed in action in Flanders in April 1915
Rfm. Robert William Bennett
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Roy Douglas Bennett
British Army 12th (the Rangers) Btn. London Regiment
from:London
(d.1st July 1916)
Roy Bennett is my great uncle. I knew of him but never knew him. I am pleased to add his name to these other honorable gentlemen.
Pte. Samuel Bennett
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. Samuel Bennett
British Army 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Creator Moor, Cumbria
(d.5/6 October 1918)
Pte. Thomas Newbon Bennett
Australian Imperial Forces 36th Btn.
from:Max Gate, Pennant Hills Rd., Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte Thomas Bennett
8th Battalion
from:Shieldhill, Falkirk
(d.13th Mar 1917)
I am looking for final resting place of Pte. Thomas Bennett. I'm compiling data on all names listed on the Shieldhill War Memorial in Falkirk, Scotland. If anyone has any information please get in touch.
Pte. Thomas Bennett
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Dublin
(d.14th Nov 1918)
Thomas Bennett was the son of Christie and Mary Bennett. Originally from Dublin, he served with the Royal Irish Regiment. He died aged 21 and is buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany
L/Cpl. Thomas Bennett
British Army 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Glasgow
(d.13th March 1917)
My Great Grandfather, Thomas Bennett, was killed in action on the 13th of March 1917. His grave is in a cemetery in France.
2Lt. Thomas Bennett
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Hope, Derbyshire
Thomas Bennett was transferred to the 6th Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles and was discharged on the 20th July 1915 after having a fall and damaging his palatopharyngeus tendon.
Sergeant Walter Henry Bennett M.M.
British Army 102nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Cowdale, Nr. Buxton.
(d.31st Oct 1918)
Walter was born in the June quarter, 1888, in Sparrow Pitt, Peak Forest, Buxton, the second son of Joseph (Quarry labourer) and Annie (née Vernon) Bennett. His older brother was Joseph F. and he had two younger brothers, Tom Albert and Leonard, and three younger sisters, Martha, Annie and Lily. (1891 Census RG 12/2780 and 1901 Census RG 13/4060) In 1901 Joseph (Snr.) was a surface coal labourer at the Normanton, Yorkshire, colliery and his two elder sons were both working underground. The family were lodging at 117 Wakefield Road, Normanton. (1901 Census RG 13/4280), The rest of the family (wife and four youngest children) were living at 7 Albert Street, Baildon, Yorkshire. The CWGC records show Walter’s family living in Fernilee, nr. Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire after the War. The 1911 Census (RG 14.24333) shows Walter living at Hopkins Farm Stalybridge, working as a Farm Labourer. In the March quarter 1905 he had married Annie May Wood, at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland. By 1911 they had two daughters, Annie May and Grace Margaret, both born in Cowdale, Nr. Buxton.
Walter enlisted in Buxton and his Medal Index Card shows that he entered France with the Royal Field Artillery as Driver 44674 on 24th August 1915. The 102nd Brigade, R.F.A. were attached to 23rd Division between the 6th June 1916 and the 22nd August 1916 having previously served with 34th Divison. During the Battle of Messines, on the 7th June 1917 they were in the area near Hill 60 and The Caterpillar. They saw action at the Battle of the Somme in 1916, The Battle of Messines and the First the Second Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, before moving to Italy in October 1917 where they fought in the Battle of Asiago and the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
Walter was 'Acting/Sgt' in October 1918 when he was Gazetted as one of whom "His Majesty The King has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Military Medal for bravery in the Field" (London Gazette 21st October 1918). He was killed in action on the 31st of October 1918.
Pte. William Bennett
British Army 1/6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:30 Hanover Street, Portwood, Stockport
(d.28th Aug 1917)
William was one of three brothers who did not see peace. Private Herbert Bennett served with the Northumberland Fusiliers and Corporal John Bennett MM with the Welsh Fusiliers. Any info please.
Pte. William Bennett
British Army 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Selby North Yorkshire
(d.1st July 1916)
Gnr. William Bennett
British Army 259th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Chapel House, Llandinam, Powys
(d.18th Apr 1917)
William Bennett was appointed to the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 29th of July 1916. He left with the British Expeditionary Force for France on 12th of February 1917, serving with the 259th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery. He was wounded in the Battle of Arras on 17th April 1917 and died the following day, aged 37.
He was survived by Mary Bennett (my great-great grandmother) and children Mary Elizabeth (my great-grandmother), Matthew George, Sarah Ann and Thomas Leslie. Eldest son David William Bennett was killed at the First Battle of Gaza on 29th March 1917.
Sjt. William Edward Bennett
British Army 6th Btn. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:1 Link Road, Rotton Park, Birmingham
(d.31st Aug 1916)
William Bennett was my great Uncle. He is buried in Delville Wood Cemetery at Longueval. He was aged 22 when he died.
Rflmn. William James Bennett
British Army 9th (Queen Victoria Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Wood Green, London
Bill Bennett joined up on 1st September 1914 at the age of twenty. He was attested at the Davies Street Headquarters of the 9th Battalion, London Regiment, The Queen Victoria Rifles. After basic training he went to France with the Battalion on 4th of November 1914. Little is known of his war service but by 5th January 1915 he had been repatriated suffering from dysentery and having developed a severe stammer. The cause of these two afflictions is not recorded. But he spent until 1st October 1916 in hospital in the UK and was then discharged as no longer fit for service. Despite his relatively short time on active duty, he qualified for the 1914 Star, the War Medal and the Victory Medal. All of which are still proudly kept by his Grandaughter.
A/Bdr. Robert Bennett-Pitts MM.
British Army D Bty. 153rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery
from:1 Albert Terrace Rd, Sheffield
(d.25th Sep 1918)
Robert Bennett-Pitts was my Great Uncle, he was born on 27th February (I was born on 27th February) and died on 25th September (my sister was born on 25th September. My dad was named after Robert, but he didn't know this until a few years ago. I never knew Robert and no-one ever talked about him. I have been in touch with a wonderful man called Pierre who has kindly sent me a photo of Robert's grave in Belgium. It made me cry when I received it. I feel so proud of the Great Uncle (and all others) who gave up their lives for us all RIP to my very brave Great Uncle and all who lost their lives in any war xx
A/Bmbr. Robert Bennett-Pitts MM.
British Army 153rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Sheffield,
(d.25th Sep 1918)
My father's uncle served during the First World War, he also was named Robert Bennett-Pitts and his birth date was the 27 February and his death date was 25 September. This brave soldier can be seen on horseback during the War, he was a Corporal but then Acting Bombadier, he was awarded the Miliatary Medal. My father is called Robert Bennett-Pitts, who had 5 children; two were born on the 27 of February and the 25 of September.
Pte Albert Thomas Bennetton MM
British Army 8th Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Poole, Dorset
(d.23rd November 1918)
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