H.+BENNETT

Bennett, William Hedley, Lance Corporal, 24242, 139th Company, Machine Gun Corps Formerly 1656, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Disembarked for service 28th February 1915 with 1st/6th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment with the rank of Lance Corporal Born Peak Forest, Derbyshire Enlisted Peak Dale, Derbyshire Died of wounds 12th May 1917 aged 22 Son of Henry Smith Bennett and Sarah Ann Bennett, of Peak Dale, Wormhill, Derbyshire. Buried in Calais Southern Cemetery, Plot G, Row 2, Grave 17

Note: Recorded as Hedley Bennett on the First World War Medal Roll

1911 Census A general labourer Son of Henry Smith Bennett, a weighing machine clerk, and Sarah Ann Bennett, of Small Knowl End, Peak Dale, Derbyshire


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