Bentham, Harold –

Son of Squire and Mary Alice Bentham, of 18, St. James Street, New Bury, Farnworth, Lancashire. Formerly worked as a conductor on the South Lancashire Tramways. Enlisted September 1914. Attached 9th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Died in hospital in France from appendicitis and pneumonia. Memorial in Farnworth (St. John’s) Churchyard.

Personal details

  • Surname: Bentham
  • Forename: Harold
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Farnworth, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Farnworth, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 22
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: May 25th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Corporal
  • Unit: 3rd (Regular Reserve) Battalion.
  • Service number: 14513
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Farnworth, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
  • CWGC reference: XXV. D. 1.

Local newspaper entries

  • Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 08/06/1917 06/07/1917 23/11/1917 28/12/1917 24/05/1918 24/01/1919

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