The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private R W Bennett

Private Robert William BENNETT, G/6863, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 13th September 1916, age 19.

Born Gravesend, Kent, son of Robert Daniel and Jane Bennett, of 5, Lower Range Road, Denton, Gravesend, Kent.

1911 Census - 5, Lower Range Road, Denton - Robert Daniel Bennett, head, age 36, married, coal porter, born Minster, Isle of Thanet, Kent; Janet Bennett, wife, age 35, married 14 years, 6 children, 3 still alive, born Deptford, Kent; Robert William Bennett, son, age 13, school, born Denton, Kent; Daisey Bennett, daughter, age 4, born Denton, Kent; Mary Charlotte Bennett, daughter, age 2, born Denton, Kent; Jane Cryer, mother in law, age 60, married, born Deptford, Kent; Thomas Allen, boarder, widower, age 83, gardener, born Lynn, Norfolk.

Enlisted Gravesend, Kent.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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