Private John Walter Benner

Army Number: 49575

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Nottingham. Son of Edwin and Florence Benner, of Carlton, Notts; Husband of Florence Vines (formerly Benner). of 146, Chandos Street, Netherfield, Nottinghamshire. He was a french polisher prior to enlisting at Carlton, Nottingham. He was killed in action, 31st July 1917, age 30, in the attack near Bellewaarde Ridge, near Ypres, Belgium.

Commemorated : Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41.

Private John Walter Benner is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. George’s Church War Memorial, Netherfield, Nottingham.
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Carlton, Nottingham
Carlton Cemetery War Memorial, Carlton, Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham