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PERCY (HARRY PERCY S) BENNETT

Died : 23 May 1917

Rank : Private

Service no at death: M2/181008

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Surname:	BENNETT
Forename:	PERCY (HARRY PERCY S)
Initials:	P (H P S)
Date of Birth	1881
Place of Birth	Hampstead, London
Place of Birth Source	1891 Census
Address	Cranborne, Dorset
Schools attended

Employment / trade	Worked as a Chauffer
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of Joseph and Margaret Bennett Children: Hilda b 1908 Sidney b 1910/11
Spouse Name	Ida Elizabeth Bennett nee Fowler. Wed in Hendon Middlesex in 1907. 1917 of 10, Victoria Villas, Kilburn, London
Notes	The family HARRY PERCY S BENNETT and IDA ELIZABETH BENNETT nee FOWLER were living in Cranborne with their children. The parents were married in Hendon, Middlesex in 1907. In 1911 the family were living in Westbourne, West Sussex as a chauffeur including children HILDA and SIDNEY, ARTHUR was born there in 1912. Twins NORMAN and JOAN were born in the local area in 1915, registered in Wimborne.

Regiment at call-up	Army Service Corps
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up	Private
Service no at call-up	M2/181008
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to	Wimborne
Source	FmP (Naval & Military Press)

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	283rd Mechanical Transport Coy.
Other rank
Other service no
Service facts

Age at death	35
Date of death	23 May 1917
Regiment at death	Army Service Corps
Battalion at death
Rank at death	Private
Circumstances of death
Service no at death	M2/181008
Field of action at death
Place of death	France

Location of grave	Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux Ref: I. J. 20.
Position
Other memorials	Cranborne War Memorial and Ss. Mary and Bartholomew Church
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