BORN HULL 1893. SON OF CHARLES & ELLEN BENSTEAD, OF 9, WILLIAMS TERRACE, WALLER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED BY RECKITTS FROM 08/06/1914 AT THE MORLEY STREET WORKS.
TRANSFERRED FROM THE EYR ON 15TH JULY 1915, HAVING SERVED WITH COLONEL SHAW. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/10/1918, AGED 25. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 8TH NOVEMBER 1918, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
NOTE: ROBERT BENSTEAD, RAMC LIVED AT 9 WALLIKER STREET.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
92373
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
23/10/1918
Place died:
Pernes British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
