John William Bentham
View John William on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
41014
Rank:
Private
Service:
Hampshire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
02 November 1879
Date of death:
12 March 1918
Age at Death:
38
Known information
Private John William Bentham was the son of John Robert Bentham and his wife of 23 Dean Street, Oakham. He is one of 14 men who lived along Dean Street to die on active service during the war. He joined the 3rd Battalion Leicestershire Regiment and later transferred to the 2nd/5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment. He was killed in March 1918, fighting in Palestine with General Allenby. John is buried at the Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel, grave S.27, and is also remembered on the war memorial in Oakham as well as the one to Hampshire Regiment soldiers in Winchester Cathedral.
We are grateful to John's great great grandson Craig Bentham for additional information - see below
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J.W. Bentham was my Great Great a Grandfather. His date of birth was 2nd of November 1879. He was born in John Street in Oakham.If you need/want any more information on him let me know.RegardsCraig Bentham
By Cbentham72 on Wednesday 20th August '14 at 8:10pm
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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