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Military service
Service number:
401453
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
February 28, 1887
Enlistment:
Windsor, Ontario
Death:
September 26, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Private Harry Bentley
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Death Registry
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bell to Bernaquez. Mircoform Sequence 8; Volume Number 31829_B016718; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 152 Page 593 of 670 -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder flashes worn by 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn CEF submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge of the 33rd Bn CEF. Private Bentley was originally in the 33rd Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Memorial
15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) Memorial located in the village of Courcelette, France. The memorial commemorates the unit’s actions on 26 September 1916 when they attacked Regina Trench during the Battle of Thiepval Ridge. The memorial honours all members of the unit who took part in the Somme offensive of 1916. Submitted by the 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. -
Photo of Harry Bentley
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
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Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Bentley
Digital gallery of
Private Harry Bentley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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