BORN HULL 1879. SON OF FRANCIS R & MARY A J BENTLEY - 1881 CENSUS ADDRESS. STATED BOTH PARENTS DECEASED WHEN HE ENLISTED. HIS BROTHER HAROLD BENTLEY WAS CONNECTED WITH THE SALVATION ARMY IN LEEDS.

AUGUSTUS BENTLEY WORKED AS A COMMISSION AGENT AND CLERK, BORDING AT 70 BECKETT STREET, LEEDS (1911 CENSUS). HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEER MILITIA BEFORE THE WAR. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 36-39 INCH CHEST, 141 LBS WEIGHT, DARK BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES, FRESH COMPLEXION, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.

ENLISTED AT LEEDS ON 6 SEPT 1914. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, BUT REDUCED IN THE RANKS FOR REFUSING TO OBEY AN ORDER, ON 12 NOV 1914. COURT MARTIALED AND SERVED 56 DAYS INMPRISONMENT.

POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 6 MAR 1915. SERVED WITH "A" COMPANY, 1ST YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN BOTH LEGS, AT "HILL 60" ON 23 APRIL 1915. RETURNED TO ENGLAND ON 3 MAY 1915. LOST 8 DAYS PAY FOR "ABSENCES" ON 27 JULY 1915. MARRIED MAID PAPE AT SUNDERLAND REGISTRY OFFICE, ON 17 AUG 1915.

POSTED TO GREECE, ON 13 SEPT 1915. COURT MARTIALLED AGAIN. RECEIVED 28 DAYS FIELD PUNISHMENT, NO;2, FOR SELLING TWO ARMY BLANKETS, 22 MAR 1916. REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING IN ACTION, AT SALONIKA, ON 21 AUG 1916.  HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LEMBERT ROAD MEMORIAL, SALONIKA.

HE LEFT WIDOW MAUD BENTLEY AND HER 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, GRACE, AT 40, TYNE STREET, HENDON, SUNDERLAND. MAUD WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF HIS DEATH UNTIL 12 FEB 1918. SHE RECEIVED A £5 WAR PENSION GRATUITY.