Private William Bennett

Army Number: 22818

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

Born at Hartington, Derbyshire and lived at Harpur Hill, Derbyshire. Son of Edward and Ellen Bennett, of 26, Rock Bank Cottages, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire. Husband of Ellen Bennett. He enlisted at Buxton, Derbyshire and went to France 14th November 1915. He was killed in action, 4th March 1917, in the advance at Andover, France. 

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private William Bennett is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
The Slopes Memorial, Buxton, Derbyshire.
Harpur Hill Memorial, Buxton, Derbyshire.
British Lime Industries Memorial, Buxton, Derbyshire.
St. James’s Church War Memorial, Harpur Hill, Derbyshire.
St. James’s Church Roll of Honour, Harpur Hill, Derbyshire.

His brother Lance Corporal Edward Bennett, 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.