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Hector Mcdonald Bennett

In memory of:

Driver Hector Mcdonald Bennett

January 31, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

273784

Age:

17

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

5th Bde.

Additional Information

Son of William Bennett, of 268a, Bartlett Avenue, Toronto. Native of England.

Commemorated on Page 367 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. C. 15A.

Location:

Sangatte is a village situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and touches the western side of the town of Calais. The Communal Cemetery at Les Baraques lies about 5 kilometres from Sangatte village. LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY is an extension of the Communal Cemetery at its western end.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • 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

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    Circumstances of Death
    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

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    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

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    Newspaper clipping
    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

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    Newspaper clipping
    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

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • 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

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    Memorial
    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.

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    Church
    Church – This is All Saints Church, Wigston Magna, Leicestershire where the war memorial is situated.

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