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P.O. Walter Vincent Bennett
Royal Navy H.M.S. Courageous
from:Kingsbridge, Devon
(d.17th Sep 1939)
Walter Bennett was born 1899 and became a regular in the Royal Navy serving during the latter stages of WWI.
Walter Bennett kneeling second from left.
He also served in WWII aboard HMS Courageous as a Petty Officer and was killed 17-09-1939 when the ship was sunk by a German submarine.
He had a brother, George b.1897, who also served in the Royal Navy during WWI and a sister Edith b.1900, who served in the Womans Army Auxiliary Corps.