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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


2nd Lieutenant John Edwin Francis Theodore BENNETT MM - 143rd Company, Machine Gun Corps
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Killed in Action on Monday July 24th 1916 aged 26

Grave for J E Bennett

Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders Miliary Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals Bapaume Post Military Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
22 March 1915 in Havre, France Bravery in the Field Cubbington
    Warwick (Eleanor Cross (War Memorial)
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Warwick School
Battle of Albert (Somme) Joined the Territorials in 1913 (more here)  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
near Albert Sgt 1694 1st/8th Bn, Royal Warwickshire  
     

Service Information

  • 23 Jun 1916 - Commissioned to 2nd Lt (Gazette)
  • 14 Dec 1916 - Posthumously awarded the Military Medal (Gazette)

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

John is listed as being killed in action on 24 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The brief war diary entry for that and a newspaper obituary are transcribed below.

War Diary

23/24-7-16: Remaining moved to USNA Redoubt. Section at Crucifix Corner moved to support 1/5th R War R. Heavily shelled in trench moving up. 1 officer killed [John] and 10 OR's wounded - only two teams reached front trench. One section from Usna sent to La Boisselle. END

Newspaper Obituary

Stratford on Avon Herald - August 4th 1916

SECOND-LIEUTENANT J.E.F.T. BENNETT

Mr. John Bennett of Cubbington has received news that hios son, Second-Lieutenant J.E.F.T. Bennett has been killed by a shell while leading his men into action. Only last week he earned a promotion for his work as Sergeant of the machine gun section of the Royal Warwicks. Before the war Lieutenant Bennett was a teacher in the Steward Street Council School, having been trained at Saltley College in the years 1908-1910. He was nephew of Mrs. Rouse of West Street, Stratford-on-Avon. END
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Jan Qtr 1890 at Cubbington 26 Jan 1890 at Cubbington
   
Parents Names Abode
John Theodore and Maria Elizabeth Bennett  Queen Street, Cubbington
   
Schools Colleges
Cubbington School and Warwick School Saltley College 1908-1910
   
Address History Employment History
1889 - Cubbington 1901 - Scholar
1891 - Co-operative Stores, Queen Street, Cubbington 1908 - Scholar
1901 - 71 Offchurch Road, Cubbington (grandparents) 1911 - Teacher at Steward Street Council School, Birmingham
1911 - tba  
   
  • John's name at birth was registered as Edwin Francis T Bennett
  • Cousin of John Bastock who also fell
     

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