T1/739, Driver, James Henry BENTLEY
Aged 28
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Born in Q1-1890 in Banbury [Banbury 3a:939] to Richard and Ellen BENTLEY (née POTTER), the widow of Christopher GASKINS of 10 West Bar Street Banbury,
Oxfordshire.
1891 census...James [1] was at 10 West Bar Street, Banbury with father Richard [30], innkeeper and groom, born Derby; mother Helen [29] born Banbury, and his half-brother George GASKINS[5] and half-sister Helen GASKINS[7] both Banbury born. 1901 census...Not found, only his half-brother George in a school of correction in Market Bosworth. 1911 census...James was 22, a groom, in John Alfred Dawson's yard at St Albans House, Fordham Road, Newmarket. No pension card has been found. CWGC have his parents still in Banbury |
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Being in France by October 1914 suggests he was in Regular Army service or Territorials before war broke out. The inference of the absence of the clasp to his
1914 Star is that he never reached the front line in his duties before November 23rd 1914 (or possibly never claimed it). Given his unit and the fact that he
died of his wounds it seems unlikely that exact details will be found of how and where he was wounded, Abbeville being a large base hospital back near the
coast.
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