Private Charles Bennett

Army Number: 46247 (formerly 2370 Leicestershire Regiment)

Battalion: 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Hinckley, Leicestershire. Son of Thomas and Betsy Bennett, of 5 Blue Boy Yard, Hinckley. He was a hosiery dyer prior to enlisting at Hinckley. He was transferred to the 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. Killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Buried Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France. Special Memorial Plot 3. Row D. Grave 30. Buried near this spot.

Private Charles Bennett is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Hinkley War Memorial, Hinckley, Leicestershire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Hinckley, Leicestershire.