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238810Pte. Charles Joseph Henry Bennison
British Army 12th (Bristol's Own) Battalion, B Coy. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Cheltenham
(d.3rd Sep 1916)
Charles Bennison was born in 2 Clare Cottage, Kew Place, Cheltenham in 1891 to Benjamin and Alice Sarah A. Bennison (nee Lewis). From 1901 to 1911 the family was living at Lewis Villa, Teewell Hill, Staple Hill. By 1911 Charles was working as a store manager in a motor works.
He enlisted in Bristol and served as Private 14242 in B Company, 12th (Bristol's Own) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and left for France on 21st. November 1915 and was killed in action on Sunday 3rd of September 1916 during the latter stages of the First Battle of The Somme when aged 25 years. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Charles's father Benjamin was sent his son's personal effects - £2.4s.10d. - on 20th March 1917 with a War Gratuity of £9.0s.0d following on 10th November 1919. He was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star, the Victory medal and the British War medal
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