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.