The Fallen of the Glossop Area.

BENNETT, J. W.

Bennett, James William, Private, 602276, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles
Born Glossop, Derbyshire
Enlisted Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Killed in action between 1st and 2nd October 1916 aged 27
Son of Mrs. Mary Bennett, of Silk St., Glossop, England; husband of Emily Bennett, of 474, Davis St., Sarnia, Ontario.
Buried in Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, II, D, 10

1911 Census
A bleachworks labourer
Son of Ezra, a Council labourer, and Mary Ann Bennett, of 28a, Cross Cliffe, Glossop, Derbyshire

Canadian Army Service records information:
James was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, on the 15th February, 1890. He enlisted in Sarnia, Ontario, 27th January, 1915 stating his occupation as an oiler aboard a steamship, and his next of kin as his wife, Emily Bennett, of 176, Ontario Street, Sarnia, Ontario.
He was five feet four and a half inches in height, had a dark complexion, grey eyes and dark hair, and he was a Roman Catholic.

Commemorated on the memorial at: Glossop and Glossop - All Saints Roman Catholic Church.

Page last updated: 10 October 2020.