The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private A Bennell

Private Arthur BENNELL, G/23756, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 28th October 1918, age 20.

Born Bromley, Kent, son of William & Annie Bennell, of 8, Saxon Road, Bromley, Kent.

1911 Census - 8, Saxon Road, Bromley, Kent - William Bennell, head, age 39, married, grocers assistant, born Bloomsbury, London; Annie Bennell, wife, age 38, married 15 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Plymouth; May Bennell, daughter, age 14, dressmakers apprentice, born New Cross, SE; Arthur Bennell, son age 13, born Bromley, Kent; Charlie Bennell, son, age 11, born Bromley, Kent; William Alfred Bennell, age 9, born Bromley, Kent.

Enlisted Bromley, Kent.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XVIII.F 1/29. Iraq. Commemorated on Bromley War Memorial.

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