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BENNETT, Joseph Victor

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Rank: Corporal

Year of death: 1918

Date of birth: 1878 Hull

Date of death: 26th August 1918

Place of death: Killed in Action France

Service number: 220386 (Formerly 1809 Bucks Yeomanry)

Regiment: Princess Charlotte of Wales 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment

Medals: Victory Medal

Cemetery location: Peronne Road Cemetery Maricourt (Reburial)
Grave Reference 111.H.14

Where remembered?: Olivers Mount War Memorial Scarborough


Biographical Information

Parents: William Bennett Curate Langtoft & Cottam Driffield and Jane Bennett

Siblings of Joesph Victor (age 3) listed on 1881 Census as
Evangeline
Beatrice
Ethel Irene

1891 Census
Joseph Victor living in Camberwell age 13
With an aunt and uncle, Edwin & Sarah Arther

1901 Census
Joseph Victor age 23 living in Lewisham. Occupation:Insurance Clerk
Boarder with Cecil & Selina Saunders

1911 Census
Joseph Victor age 33 living in Lewisham with Cecil & Selina Saunders at Tower House Columbia Road Forest Hill
Occupation: Clerk with Met. Water Board

Enlisted : London


Inscription

… Also of Joseph Victor beloved son of the above 5th Royal Berks Regt.Killed in action in France August 26th 1918. Faithful Unto Death