Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Francis Joseph BENNETT
Private 103145 Francis Joseph BENNETT
2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
formerly 5253, 2/7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died of Wounds, Tuesday 24th September 1918, Charing Cross Hospital, London, age 20
| Home address: | 28 Well Meadow, Flowery Field, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1898, Newton, Hyde |
| Parents: | Sarah Ann Bennett and Henry Simpson Bennett 28 Well Meadow, Flowery Field, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Cotton Spinner |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | St. Mary's Churchyard, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire, grave K15. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
On 18.9.1918 Private Bennett received a shell wound to the left side of his head. He was taken to Charing Cross Hospital, London for treatment and died a 2am on the 24.09.1918 from complications arising from the wound.