BENNETT George

  • First Name(s):
    George 
  • Surname:
    BENNETT
  • Service Number:
    49554
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Royal Army Medical Corps
  • Unit:
    72nd Field Ambulance
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    18th June 1917
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave XIV. E. 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry George and Emily, Bennett, 11 Clifton St., Stourbridge, Worcestershire

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BENNETT George Is Named On These Memorials

Dudley High Elementary School WW1 Memorial now Claughton Centre
Stourbridge War Memorial

Further Information About BENNETT George

Native of Dudley

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

George Bennett was born in Dudley, moved to Wall Heath with his parents Henry and Emily Bennett and came to live in Stourbridge at 11 Clifton Street.  He was a keen sportsman and athlete.  He enlisted in January 1915 at Colwyn Bay and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps.  He was posted to 72nd Field Ambulance and by June 1917 was in Flanders near Ypres.  On 18th June Corporal George Bennett died of wounds aged 23 at a Casualty Clearing Station, probably as a result of shelling.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society. Cathedral roll of honour books researched by Sandra Taylor.