Edward BENTHAM

Main CPGW Record

Surname: BENTHAM

Forename(s): Edward

Place of Birth: Liverpool, Lancashire

Service No: 56008

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Date of Death: 1919-03-11

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Non-CWGC Burial: DENT (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD

Local War Memorial: DENT, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Edward Bentham was the son of John and Isabella Bentham, née Parkinson. John was born at Slack near Dent, Yorkshire and Isabella at Middleton, Westmorland.

1901 Kentmere, Westmorland Census: Brockstone - Edward Bentham, aged 3 years, born Liverpool, Lancashire. [Edward was boarding with his uncle and aunt, James and Alice Airey, née Bentham.]

In 1901 Edward's father, John, a widower, was living at 5 & 7, Clevedon Buildings, Toxteth Park, Liverpool with his children - Richard, Margaret, Hannah, Agnes A. and John W. John was a cowkeeper.

1911 Dent, Yorkshire Census: Green Well - Edward Bentham, aged 14 years, born Liverpool, Lancashire. Farm Servant. [Edward was employed James Ellison, Farmer.]

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte E. Bentham, 56008, Loyal N. Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 11.3.19. Died after Demobn. Furlo. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Admin. Brother - Richard. £13 19s. 6d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Edward not found.

A short biography of Edward is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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