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Private 15360 Samuel Bennett
Abt 1893 - 6/11/1915 (23)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... ett-samuel

Dob abt 1893

Baptism -

Parents John Bennett & Ursilla Farley

Parents Marriage
Freereg
5/9/1875 Staffordshire Brierley Hill St Michael
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 112
Marriage date 05 Sep 1875
Groom forename John
Groom surname BENNETT
Groom age 21
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Collier
Groom abode Woodside
Bride forename Urssilla
Bride surname FARLEY
Bride age 19
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Woodside
Groom father forename Joseph
Groom father surname BENNETT
Groom father occupation Labourer
Bride father forename William
Bride father surname FARLEY
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness1 William PAYNE
Witness2 Hannah FOWLER
Notes Bride & Witnesses sign X
File line number 113

1901 76 Simms Lane, Netherton, Dudley, Worcs.
Ursula Bennett (43, Widow, Nailmaker, born Dudley), and her 4 children: Joseph (18, Coal Miner - Horse Driver, born Dudley), William (11, born Dudley), Samuel (9, born Dudley), Agnes (5, born Dudley).

1911 62 Simms Lane, Netherton, Dudley, Worcs.
Ursilla Bennett (55, Widow, born Netherton), and 3 of her 6 children: William (21, Miner - Loader, born Netherton), Samuel (19, Miner - Horse Driver Underground, born Netherton) and Agnes (15, Boot and Shoe Making Machinist, born Netherton).

WW1 Records
Private 15360 Samuel Bennett
Died of Wounds on Saturday, 6th November 1915, age 23.
Buried in Grave II. C. 73. at Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France.
9th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment (Pioneers). Pioneer Battalion of 23rd Division.
Son of Mrs Ursula Bennett, of 95, Baptist End, Netherton, Dudley, and the late John Bennett.
Born: Dudley, Enlisted: Tipton, Resident: Netherton.
First landed France & Flanders, 24th August 1915.
Medal entitlement: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.

Dod 6/11/1915 (23) Died of wounds France

Buried in Grave II. C. 73. at Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery, Pas De Calais, France.
Samuel's mother, Ursula, provided the words engraved on his gravestone “A loving son, a brother kind, a beautiful memory left behind (Mother)”.

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/187071/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/566 ... el-bennett

Commemorated on the Tipton Library, and Dudley Clock Tower memorials.

Any other info
The Tipton Library Memorial commemorates ‘S. Bennett’; the 'Staffordshire Roll of Honour' records Pte. S. Bennett, South Staffs. None of the 4 men named S. Bennett killed with the South Staffs has an obvious Tipton connection, and this has been a mystery for many years.

The most likely always seemed Pte. 15360 Samuel Bennett, 9th South Staffs who was born and resident in Dudley, but enlisted in Tipton. It was only with the release of the Pension Cards, saved from destruction by the Western Front Association, that this mystery has been resolved

Samuel’s brother, William Henry Bennett, also lost his life in the Great War. He was serving with the 4th Worcesters when taken Prisoner of War during the Gallipoli campaign, and died in Hadji-Kiri camp in the Taurus mountains of Turkey. His records show that he died from “malignant fevers whilst prisoner of war”. After the war, all bodies from the minor cemeteries of ‘Asia Minor’ were moved to Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery in Mesopotamia, now Iraq.

Not on Tipton Remembers.
Samuel Bennett's brother
William Henry Bennett
Abt1890 - 23/10/1916
Dob abt 1890 Dudley

Baptism

Parents John Bennett & Ursula Farley

Parents Marriage
5/9/1875

BENNETT John
FARLEYLussilla
1875 Brierley Hill, St Michael
Dudley Register Office 210/003/112

John Bennett
Gender Male
Marital Status Single
Age 21
Birth Date 1854
Marriage Date 5 Sep 1875
Marriage Place Brierley Hill, Brierley Hill, Stafford, England
Father
Joseph Bennett
Spouse
Ursilla Farley
Birth Date 1856
Father William Farley
FHL Film Number 1470584
Reference ID it 4 p 56

1891 93 Simms Lane Netherton Dudley
John Bennett 36 Head Coal miner
Ersleins Bennett 34 Wife
John Bennett 14 Son Coa Miner
Harratt Bennett 11 Daughter
Joseph Bennett 8 Son
William Bennett 1 Son
Mary Bennett 82 Mother

1901 76 Simms Lane, Netherton, Dudley, Worcs.
Ursula Bennett (43, Widow, Nailmaker, born Dudley), and her 4 children: Joseph (18, Coal Miner - Horse Driver, born Dudley), William (11, born Dudley), Samuel (9, born Dudley), Agnes (5, born Dudley).

1911 62 Simms Lane, Netherton, Dudley, Worcs.
Ursilla Bennett (55, Widow, born Netherton), and 3 of her 6 children: William (21, Miner - Loader, born Netherton), Samuel (19, Miner - Horse Driver Underground, born Netherton) and Agnes (15, Boot and Shoe Making Machinist, born Netherton).

Marriage
11/12/1913 Worcestershire Netherton
Cinder Bank Messiah Baptist
Register type Other Register
Register entry number 15
Marriage date 11 Dec 1913
Groom forename William Henry
Groom surname BENNETT
Groom age 24
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Clothiers agent
Groom abode 7 Hill Street Netherton
Bride forename Kezia
Bride surname ARNOLD
Bride age 26
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 19 St Thomas Street Netherton
Groom father forename John Lowbridge
Groom father surname BENNETT
Groom father occupation Miner
Bride father forename Samuel
Bride father surname ARNOLD
Bride father occupation Miner
Witness1 Samuel BENNETT
Witness2 Alice ARNOLD

WW1 Records
Samuel’s brother, William Henry Bennett, also lost his life in the Great War.
William Bennett
Gender Male
Rank Private
Record Type Military
Enlistment Place Dudley
Death Date 23 Oct 1916
Service Number 21936
Corps, Regiment/Unit 4th Worcestershire Regiment
Title WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description Other Ranks
Died Bennett Ma-Benson G
Reference Number 6/Apw/1547
Next of Kin Relation to Soldier Wm Hry Bennett Keziah Bennett Widow

Dod 23/10/1916 Died from Malignant fevers whilst Prisoner of war in Gallipoli

Burial
He was serving with the 4th Worcesters when taken Prisoner of War during the Gallipoli campaign, and died in Hadji-Kiri camp in the Taurus mountains of Turkey. His records show that he died from “malignant fevers whilst prisoner of war”. After the war, all bodies from the minor cemeteries of ‘Asia Minor’ were moved to Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery in Mesopotamia, now Iraq.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find- ... h-bennett/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129 ... -h-bennett

Commemorated
In addition to being remembered on Dudley's civic war memorial in Priory St, he is additionally remembered locally on the war memorial at the old Messiah Baptist Chapel on Cinderbank Road, Netherton.

Any other info
The following information found here
https://www.cwgc.org/stories/stories/pr ... -regiment/

William lived at No. 57 Hill St, Netherton, the husband of Kezia. His younger brother Samuel (15360, 9th South Staffs) had lost his life in November the previous year.

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