BORN HULL 1890. SON OF ELLEN BENNETT THOMPSON & STEP FATHER, GEORGE MARTIN BENNETT, OF 58 WITTY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). A FORMER FISHERMAN.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN APRIL 1915. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE295TH ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/02/1918, AGE 28.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 13/03/1918. *
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELLEN BENNETT, AT 58, WITTY STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SHE DIED ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH – 19/02/1921.
HE IS BURIED AT ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “AT REST, FROM HIS LOVING FAMILY”.
First name:
GEORGE HENRY REUBEN
Military Number:
755531
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
18/02/1918
Place died:
ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE
Age:
28
58 , WITTY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
