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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Cpl. Charles Bentley
Army 6th Btn. North Staffordshire Regt
(d.1st Jul 1916)
L/Cpl. F. Bentley
British Army 8th Btn, B Coy. K.O.Y.L.I.
from:27 Doncaster Road, Ardsley, near Barnsley
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Cpl.F. Bentley was that a relative of my Great Grandfather, Harry Bentley, known to have changed his name to Harry Musson. The address shown on the death letter received, now in my possession, matches up to that of my Great Grandfather. F. Bentley, of whom I do not know the first name, was the son of Harry.
I have a letter from the Enquiry department of wounded and missing, explaining the death of Bentley. He died on the first of July on the Somme front. Listed in the letter are two names that give evidence, or some sort of information about the death, who i am assuming survived the war. For the help of others, the details of these people are; Cpl. T. Sparling, 13959, 8th K.O.Y.L.I. Home Address: 58 Martin Street, Upper Thorp, Sheffield. The letter says: " as long as last October , that L/cpl. Bentley had been seen killed, shot in the head"
Another person quoted in the letter is; Pte. F. Russling, B Company, 5th platoon. No address is given for this particular person. The letter says: "last October that L/Cpl. Bentley was shot through the head while in a shell hole near Ovillers on the left of La Boisselle" This person professed to being an eye witness. The Letter is hand signed by a (this may be incorrect due to it being a signature) G G Buckler. The letter is not handwritten, but rather by a typewriter. The recipients address is: 27 Doncaster Road, Ardsley, near Barnsley.
In my possession, I also have 3 campaign medals, these are; The letter, along with the medals, were kept in a small wooden cigar box, of which my mother said were kept by my Great Gran-dads bed, as throughout her childhood. I do not have any more information at this time. If any of the information provided does ring a bell, please feel happy to email me.
Pte. Fred Bentley
British Army 6th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.19th July 1917)
Fred Bentley died of enteric fever on 19th July 1917, aged 20 and is buried in the Baghdad North Gate Cemetery, Iraq. Fred served as William Hall. He Lived at 122 Lowerhouse Lane, Burnley, Lancashire.
Pte. George Albert Alexander Bentley
British Army 1st/5th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Burnage, Lancahire
(d.12th Oct 1918)
My great uncle Albert Bentley was born on 6th May 1896 the youngest of nine children & the only boy. He grew up in Burnage, at that time a country village near Manchester. His father Alexander was coachman to the Watts family of Burnage Hall, and his mother Elizabeth Bentley nee Toft had been a milliner. As a Boy Albert had been a member of his local Church boys brigade, a Christian youth organisation with military overtones. From all accounts (my grandmother & her sisters) he was a fine looking young man with a strong sense of duty-but great fun to be with, all his sisters adored him. By 1911 both his parents had passed away, so at fourteen he left school and took up an apprentice with a book binding firm
In January 1915 seventeen year old Albert and a school friend were walking home one evening when they were each given a white feather. The next day they both enlisted--conscription didn’t come into force until 27th January 1916 a whole year later. Albert joined the 1st/5th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders a territorial force fully mobilised and available for transfer overseas. At the time the Seaforth Highlanders had a Ghurkha regiment attached to them Albert admired the Ghurkhas & told his sisters that one Ghurkha was worth three of any other soldier! He must have made good friends among them as he came home on leave one day with a “Kukri”-the famous Ghurkha knife, that one of his Ghurkhas pals had given him. Like most Scottish regiments a tartan kilt (Mackenzie) was the ceremonial uniform, but in battle it was a kharki one. And like most Scottish regiments they were led into battle with bagpipes --the sound of which on the field must have been eerie!-- small wonder the Germans doubted them “devils in kilts” & “The ladies from hell”!!
On 18th April 1915, just before his 18th birthday, Albert entered the theatre of war During May 1915 his Battalion engaged in Battle of Festubert in the Artois region of France on the western front In 1916 as part of the 51st highland division they were at the Battle of the Ancre on the Somme. 9th April-16th May 1917 saw his regiment at the Battle of Arras in northern France, & then from 20th November-7th December that same year at the fierce battle at Cambrai, were tanks were used for the first time.
It was at Cambrai that Albert was wounded & it is recorded that whilst wounded in hospital he voluntarily gave his blood for Transfusion to help fellow soldiers in need. Blood transfusions were still in their infancy, although with citrate-glucose solution an army doctor had successfully started to store blood. Albert’s injury was such that the war was supposed to be over for him, but in 1918 came The Final Push He must have felt somehow that this time he wouldn’t return as he forbad his sisters to see him off at the station a ritual thus far they’d always done. On Armistice Day 11th November 1918 his sisters received the telegram that he was missing presumed killed. My grandmother remembered walking through the streets weeping whilst all around her people were celebrating the end of the war. With no further information our family presumed Albert had been blown up & that there was no graveside to visit & grieve. In the absence of a grave his sisters were comforted to find that his name was listed on a monument in Edinburgh castle to the fallen highland regiments, this was his gravestone. And there we thought Albert’s story had ended.
Then in 2013, quite by chance whilst looking for other war graves I came upon a cemetery in France that listed a George Albert Alexander Bentley of the Seaforth Highlanders. At first I thought it mere coincidence, however intrigued I contacted the cemetery in Nord France. I am eternally grateful to Pierre Vandervelden of Avesnes- le-sec Cemetery in France for supplying all the necessary information & for the photograph of Albert’s grave We now know that Albert was killed in action on 12th October 1918 probably during The Pursuit to the Selle & was buried at Avenes-le-sec Cemetery. After 96 years we’ve found Albert & have his grave to visit. I only wish my grandmother & his other grieving sisters had been given this information during their lifetime it would have brought them so much consolation.
Pte. George Bentley
British Army 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment
from:Rotherham
(d.16th Oct 1917)
My great grand-father George Bentley lost his life at the battle of Passchendaele, a month before the battle of Passchendaele ended. His body was never found and he is memoralised at Tyne Cot on the wall of the lost. I hope one day to visit the cemetery and pay my respects. I never knew about him until I started to research my family tree some 12 years ago. I only knew about my grandparents (his child and family).
I am so proud of him, that he gave his life so that generations since had a free life to live. We all owe him, and men like him, so much. We should do all we can to uphold this freedom.
Pte. George Bentley
British Army 10th (Service) Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
from:Rotherham
(d.16th Oct 1917)
George Bentley was born 17th Nov 1882 in Cleakheaton, district of Bingley, Yorkshire. He was the son of Sam Bentley and Ann (nee Durkin, Sam's third wife). It seems George may have lied about his age in order to be accepted for service, as on his service record his age is recorded as 27 years, however, he was 32 yrs old at enlistment. He was married to Daisy (nee Atkins) and they lived in Rotherham, Yorkshire. Their children were George Henry Bentley born 1906, Lily Bentley born 1909 and Alexander Atkin Bentley born 1911.
George Bentley died on 16th October 1917, missing, presumed dead at Passchendaele. He was my great grandfather.
Sjt. Harry Bentley
British Army 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.1st July 1916)
Harry Bentley died on 1st July 1916 aged 28 whilst serving with the 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers. Born in Jarrow he was the son of William Benson and Susannah Bentley (nee Bentley) of Jarrow. On the 1911 census Harry Bentley age 23 House Painter is with his parents William Benson and Susannah Bentley and family at 17 Henry Street, Jarrow . He enlisted in Sunderland.
Harry is remembered on the Thiepval Memorialand is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. Harry Bentley
British Army 18th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Horbury, Yorkshire
(d.10th Oct 1918)
Harry Bentley, my great-uncle, was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire 12 Apr 1888. He enlisted in the 13th (Service) Btn., Yorkshire Regiment on 11th Nov 1915, but was discharged 21st Feb 1916 no longer physically fit for military service due to severe psoriasis. He re-enlisted 14th Dec 1917 in the West Yorkshire Regiment On 18th Mar 1918, he was transferred to 1/1st Northern Cyclist Battalion and sent to France. On 18th June 1918, he was transferred to the 18th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. He died 10th October 1918 from leg wounds received in action. He is buried at La Kreule Military Cemetery at Hazebrouck, France.
Pte. Herbert Bentley
British Army 8th Btn "D" Coy East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Leicester
(d.14th April 1916)
Pte. J. B. Bentley
Australian Imperial Forces 36th Btn.
(d.10th Jun 1917)
Pte. James Edward Bentley
British Army South Irish Horse
from:Dublin
(d.14th May 1917)
Pte. James Bentley was the son of James Edward and Henriette Sophie Bentley, of 11, Rialto Buildings. Dolphins Barn, Dublin. He was killed in action in May 1917 aged 22 and is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, France.
QMS. John Bentley
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:3 Fielden Terrace, Victoria Rd, Todmorden, Yorkshire
John Bentley (born 22nd March 1890) joined the RFA in France in 1915 as a bombardier and was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant. He may have been in the 49th (West Riding) Division, which saw action at The Battle of Albert, The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, The Battle of Pozieres Ridge, and The Battle of Flers-Courcelette (all phases of the 1916 Battles of the Somme). After the war he returned to his job as a school headmaster and he and his wife Elsie had three children. He died aged 84 in March 1974 in Todmorden, Yorkshire.
He didn't talk much about his time in the trenches. However, his son David related these stories:
In a skirmish during the Great War, presumably after the officers had been killed, an NCO colleague of Dad's, surname Julian, countermanded the orders which led to a successful result. However, to avoid a court martial for insubordination, Julian was promoted straight to Lieutenant Colonel Julian.
On an occasion when Dad was coming home on leave he found himself at a railway station in Manchester in the middle of the night. The driver of a coal train saw him, stopped, asked him where he was going, and as the train was going through Todmorden anyway, invited him to ride in the engine. Approaching Todmorden, the driver stopped the train by the row of houses where Dad lived for him to alight. When Dad knocked at the door of his house, his father, Sam Bentley wouldn't let him in until he'd undressed outside because, as with all soldiers from the trenches, he was infested with lice.
One dark night he heard some movement close by his trench, and clobbered this Jerry over the head with his rifle butt only to discover that he'd brained a badger - and as a keen naturalist he was most upset about it.
L/Cpl. Joseph Henry Bentley
British Army 6th Btn. Border Regiment
from:42, North Rd., South Wimbledon, Surrey.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. Joseph Bentley
British Army 1st Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Rugeley
(d.10th June 1917)
Joseph Bentley served with the 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.
Pte. Oscar Charles Bentley
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
also served att 3rd Northumberland Fusiliers coy RE and att 5th FS Coy RE
Pte. T.E. Bentley
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Thomas Harold Bentley
Army West Yorkshire Regiment
Fantastic website! It has helped me research my maternal grandfather's Army service in WW1. He was Pvt Thomas Harold Bentley who served in the West Yorkshire Regiment, KOYLI, Labour Corps,RF. He served on the Western Front. Also the site has helped me research my great uncle: Pvt George Eaddie, RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps). He served in Eqypt, Sulva Bay, Dardernelles, and the Western Front. God Bless you both.
Cpl. Thomas Frederick Bentley MID
British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Kingston, Surrey
Lionel Charles Bently
British army 12th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
Pte. Reginald Benton
British Army 2nd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Sheepbridge, Chesterfield
(d.18th October 1916)
Sgt. Thomas Charles Benton
British Army 9th Battalion Green Howards
from:Middlesborough
My grandfather Thomas Barton joined up on the 31st of August 1914. He was wounded on or about the 7th of July 1916, receiving gunshot wounds left arm and right ankle shrapnel to right foot. The damage to his foot was so severe that after a year in hospital he was discharged unfit for further active duty.
Pte. William Benton
British Army 4th Reserve Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Leeds
(d.15th November 1918)
Pte. Percy Benwell
British Army Welsh Regiment, 9th Btn. Army Service Corps
from:Watlington, Oxfordshire
(d.23 October 1918)
Very little is known about my Great Uncle, Percy Benwell,other than he was born in 1894 in Oxfordshire, England, son of George and Ellen Benwell. His date of death was 23 October 1918 in Northern France and the fact that he is buried at Canonne Farm War Cemetery.
Pte. William "Dump" Benyon
British Army 14th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers
(d.2nd Sep 1917)
William Benyon's family nickname was 'Dump'. I can only guess at the reason. Before enlisting he was a well known local footballer in St. Helens, Lancashire. He played for St. Helens Town.
Pte. Charles Beresford MM
British Army 28th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps.
from:Walsall, Staffordshire
Pte James Gilbert Beresford
British Army 2nd Btn 1/5th Btn 2/4th Btn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Mexborough, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
(d.30th Mar 1918)
Died of wounds.
He was in the 1/5th Yorks L.I, 2/4th Yorks L.I and 2nd Yorks L.I.
Pte. John M. Beresford
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
John Beresford was discharged on 31st of August 1918
Pte. Thomas Beresford
British Army 8th Battalion Green Howards
from:Pump Row, Durham City
(d.25th Apr 1918)
Thomas Beresford was born in Shropshire, but his family moved to Durham for work down the mines and Thomas was a miner at the time he enlisted in the Green Howards on 21st November 1914. He was posted to the 8th battalion on 16th December and the battalion went to France on 26th August 1915 .
Thomas was transferred to the 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment in 1918 and was killed in action on 25th April 1918 aged 35 in the second Battle of Kemmel in Belgium.
Pte. William Beresford
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
(d.17th Feb 1915)
William Beresford, Private 11113, is remembered in Ypres on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing.
A. H. Berg
Royal Naval Division Nelson Btn
(d.13th Jul 1915)
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