BORN HULL OCT 1899. YOUNGEST SON OF HENRY FARNSWORTH BENTLEY (1858-1926) AND JANE SAYERS (1858-1909), OF 3, JOHNS PLACE, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL,. (WAR PENSION & ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE OLDER BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. WORKED AS A RULLYMAN.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 23/04/1917. SERVED IN THE 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/04/1918, AGED 18. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS BROTHER, EDWARD SAYERS BENTLEY, 44571, SERVED IN THE ROYAL FUSILIERS.
First name:
WILLIAM GORDON
Military Number:
81217
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/04/1918
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
18
3, JOHNS PLACE, OSBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
