BENTLEY Frederick

  • First Name(s):
    Frederick 
  • Surname:
    BENTLEY
  • Service Number:
    G24938
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    3rd/4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    4th October 1917
  • Age At Death:
    42
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium, Panel 14 to 17 and 162 to 162A.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George Wheeler Bentley, Solicitor and Clerk of the Peace for the City of Worcester, and Susan Elizabeth, his wife

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BENTLEY Frederick Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW1 Memorial

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Additional information on the memorial: Private.

Further Information About BENTLEY Frederick

Educated at Bromsgrove School.  On the staff of Lloyd’s Bank, Limited.

Frederick Bentley was born in 1875.  He attended Bromsgrove School from 1890 to 1894 and on leaving school he worked for Lloyds Bank as a Clerk before becoming a Cashier at the Lombard Street branch.  He attested under the Derby Scheme and joined the Bankers Battalion of the Buffs.  After training, he volunteered as a stretcher bearer and went to France in September 1917.  On 4th October 1917 his company was attached to the Royal West Surrey Regiment in the attack on Polygon Wood.  Frederick was posted missing after the battle, later presumed to have been killed in action on that day.

Source for additional information: Bromsgrove School at War 1914-19 by Philip Bowen.

Frederick Bentley has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Tyne Cot Memorial.

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