Name |
Charles Henry BENNETT (d) MC |
Rank/Number |
Captain |
Regiment/Unit |
Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars / |
Enlisted |
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Age/Date of death |
35 / 27 May 1918 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Drowned /  |
Residence at death |
1 West St, Buckingham, |
Cemetery |
Chatby Memorial, Egypt |
Grave Reference |
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Location of memorial |
Buckingham Royal Latin School |
Date/Place of birth |
25 Sep 1882 / Buckingham |
Date/Place of baptism |
23 Dec 1882 Buckingham |
Occupation of Casualty |
wine merchant assistant |
Parents/Occupation |
Charles Aaron (late) & Fanny Bennett / wine & spirit merchant |
Parents' Address |
1 West St, Buckingham |
Wife |
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Wife's Address |
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Notes |
drowned while on HM Transport 'Leasowe Castle' which was torpedoed & sunk by enemy submarine 27 May 1918, 104 miles west by north from Alexandria. Previously wounded in the Dardenelles. Father one time Mayor of Buckingham |
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