BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ROBERT BENTLEY (1865-1935) & AMANDA HUTCHINSON (1872-1956), AT 50 SHARP STREET, HULL. A RAILWAY LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN THE 11TH HULL PALS, ON 29/06/1915, WITH HIS BROTHER HAROLD. AGED 22 YEARS AND 11 MONTHS. HE DIED OF FLU ON 05/12/1918, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE HULL CITY ENGINEERS MEMORIAL. HE IS BURIED IN SAME GRAVE AS HIS BROTHER, HAROLD, WHO HAD DIED OF GAS WOUNDS, 6 MONTHS EARLIER. HE LEFT SISTERS, BEATRICE, AUDREY, DORIS, ZADIE, AND BROTHERS, ROBERT, ALEC AND CHARLES.
First name:
RICHARD
Military Number:
1435
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/12/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
27
