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Benjamin BRANDRETH

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Surname: BRANDRETH

Forename(s): Benjamin

Place of Birth: Hellifield, Yorkshire

Service No: 31932

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion

Division: 37th Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1917-04-23

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: C. 3. 160.

CWGC Cemetery: NELSON CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Benjamin Brandreth was the son of James and Hannah Eliza Brandreth, née King. James was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire and Hannah at Liverpool, Lancashire.

1891 Hellifield, Yorkshire Census: 22, Midland Terrace - Benjamin Brandreth, aged 6 years, born Long Preston, Yorkshire, son of James and Hannah Eliza Brandreth.

1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 57, York Street - Benjamin Brandreth, aged 16 years, born Hellifield, Yorkshire, son of James and Hannah E. Brandreth.

1911 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 57, York Street - Benjamin Brandreth, aged 26 years, born Hellifield, Yorkshire, son of James and Hannah Eliza Brandreth.

Benjamin was married to Lily Pearson in 1912.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Benjamin Brandreth, 31932, L. N. Lancs.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Benjamin Brandreth, 31932, 9 N. Lan. R.; 10 N. Lan. R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Benjamin Brandreth, 31932, 10th Batt L. N. Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 23.4.17 Bevan Mil'y Hospital, Sandgate. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Lily. £5 18s. 8d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Benjamin. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Lily, born 22.10.86. Address: 25, Howarth Street, Nelson, Lancs.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 37th Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 37th Division

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Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: BRANDRETH

Forename(s): Benjamin

Born: Hellifield

Residence:

Enlisted: Preston

Number: 31932

Rank: Private

Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Battalion: 10th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 23/04/17

Died How: Died

Theatre of War: Home

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: BRANDRETH

Forename(s): Benjamin

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 31932

Rank: Private

Regiment: The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Unit:

Age: 32

Awards:

Died Date: 23/04/1917

Additional Information: Son of Jim Brandreth; husband of Lily Brandreth, of 25, Howarth St., Nelson. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN)

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