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| Name |
Charles Henry BENNETT MC |
| Rank/Number |
Captain |
| Regiment |
Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars |
| Enlisted |
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| Age/Date of death |
35 27 May 1918 |
| How died/Theatre of war |
Drowned |
| Last known address |
1 West St, Buckingham, |
| Cemetery |
Chatby Memorial, Egypt |
| Grave or Memorial 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 |
| Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
wine merchant assistant |
| Parents |
Charles Aaron (late) & Fanny Bennett |
| Parent's occupation |
wine & spirit merchant |
| Parents' Address (last known) |
1 West St, Buckingham |
| Wife |
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| Wife's Address (last known) |
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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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