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Bennett, F S



Helles Memorial, Turkey

Helles Memorial, Turkey

 


Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

 


Private Francis Stanley Bennett
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
28/06/1915


1914-15 Star

 

Born in 1888 at St Peter Port, Guernsey. Son of Henry & Ellizabeth Bennett. Enlisted at Newport, Monmouthshire. Brother of Private Arthur George Bennett

Francis Stanley was a coal miner and was working at Senghenyd in Glamorganshire in 1911.

There was a major disaster there in October 1913 with over 400 lives lost

 

Killed in action, aged 28 years