Pioneer John William Bennett, 129020
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- Unit - Royal Engineers
- Section - "p" Special Company
- Date of Birth - 1898
- Died - 04/07/1917
- Age - 19
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of William Henry, a Coal Carter, born 1862 in Great Glen, Leics., and his wife Hannah, born 1862 in Great Glen, Leics. John William was born in 1898 in Great Glen, Leics., his siblings were Alice, born 1890, Ernest, born 1892, Fred, born 1894 and Ada, born 1895, all his siblings were born in Great Glen, Leics., in March 1901 the family home was at Burton Lane, Glen Magna, Great Glen, Leics., in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great Glen, St. Cuthbert. In April 1911 John was employed as a Hosiery Factory Runner On and was residing in the family home at Glen Magna, Great Glen, Leics., together with his parents and siblings, Ernest, Fred and Ada.
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - I N 3, Essex Farm Cemetery
- Unit - Royal Engineers
- Former Unit n.o - 22838
- Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Essex Farm Cem., Boesinghe, Belgium
- Born - Great Glen, Leics
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - Burton Lane, Great Glen, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - GREAT GLEN MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - ST. CUTHBERT'S CHYRD., GREAT GLEN, LEICS., ON HIS PARENTS GRAVESTONE
