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Military service
Service number:
273784
Age:
17
Rank:
Driver
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
5th Bde.
Birth:
England
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
January 31, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 15A.
Additional information
Son of William Bennett, of 268a, Bartlett Avenue, Toronto. Native of England.
Digital gallery of Driver Hector Mcdonald Bennett
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Memorial
This is Wigston Magna War Memorial, Leicestershire. Hector McDonald Bennent's name is commemorated on the right hand panel, 14th name from the bottom. He was born in Wigston. His parents, William & Lucy Hannah Bennett, had taken their family to Canada before the War and settled in Toronto. He enlisted on 6th Sept 1916 at Toronto and worked as an apprentice electrician. His older brother, Walter Clement Bennett, also died in service with the Canadian Army in 1917 -
Church
This is All Saints Church, Wigston Magna, Leicestershire where the war memorial is situated. -
Circumstances of Death
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 455 of 670 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram February 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Driver Hector Mcdonald Bennett
Digital gallery of
Driver Hector Mcdonald Bennett
Digital gallery of
Driver Hector Mcdonald Bennett
Digital gallery of
Driver Hector Mcdonald Bennett
Digital gallery of
Driver Hector Mcdonald Bennett
Digital gallery of
Driver Hector Mcdonald Bennett
Digital gallery of
Driver Hector Mcdonald Bennett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 367 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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