BORN SCARBOROUGH 1892. SON OF WILLIAM WAIND (1859-1918) & SARAH ANN BENTLEY (1859-1951), OF 34 LONDESBOROUGH ROAD, SCARBOROUGH. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. EMPLOYED AS A RAILWAY CLERK, AT SCARBOROUGH AND HULL.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. JOINING THE 17TH NORTH NUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (NORTH EASTER RAILWAY PIONEERS). DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE 4TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 12/11/1917, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS PARENTS, WILLIAM AND SARAH WAIND. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM.
| Name | John Bentley Waind |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Scarborough, Yorkshire, 1892 |
| Death Date | 12 Nov 1917 |
| Death Place | Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Battalion | 17th Battalion (N.E.R. Pioneers) |
| Regimental Number | 32/449 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
JOHN BENTLEY
Military Number:
32/449
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/11/1917
Place died:
Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
