Sgt. Cecil Gordon Bennett . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 30 OTU from Abergele (d.13th February 1943) Wellington HE466 from 30 OTU crashed on Foel Grach in Wales on 13th February 1943. It was on a training exercise from Hixon 30 OTU. The full crew were:
Sgt. E.G. Frezell, RCAF (pilot)
P/O F.K. Thorogood, RAFVR (navigator)
Sgt. C.G. Bennett, RAFVR (bomb aimer)
Sgt. G.N. Rafferty, RAFVR (wop/airgunner)
Sgt. E. Towler, RAFVR (airgunner)
All the crew were killed.
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Flt.Lt. Cyril Victor "Bennie" Bennett DFC. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 515 Sqd. from Stoke-on-Trent (d.13th Jan 1945) Cyril Bennett DFC served with 256 and 515 Squadrons.
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Denis Bennett . Royal Navy HMS Nelson from Worksop
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Sgt. Dennis Bennett . British Army Royal Artillery My grandfather, Dennis Bennett served in the Royal Artillery with the 8th Army, Desert Rats. At the time he was a gunnery sergeant. If anyone has information about this proud Welshman, please let me know.
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Edward Alfred James Bennett . Royal Artillery from Kingsbridge, Devon Edward Bennett was born in 1909 and died in 1994 living all his life in Kingsbridge in South Devon. During WWII he served in the Royal Artillery between 1939 to 1943 when he transferred to the Motor Boat Company. His last posting was the Isle of Wight.
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Frank John Bennett . British Army Royal Army Service Corps My father served in the RASC in Egypt during WWII.
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L/Cpl. Frank Henry Bennett . British Army 3rd Btn Coldstream Guards from Worcester Frank Bennett didn't talk about being a prisoner of war very much to us. But hated food being left on a plate after a meal. My aunt said he escaped and on his way to Switzerland had to hide in bushes away from some Germans
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Telegr. Geoffrey Mazzinie Bennett . Merchant Navy HMS Berkshire from Lincoln
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George Ronald Bennett . Royal Navy HMS Rosneath from London I am trying to trace the deatils of my late father-in-law who servived at HMS Rosneath during World War 2. He was also on a ship in the Baltic Sea for part of this time and he worked in the boiler room or engine room of this vessel. Any information would be greatly appreciated as his grand-daughter is trying to piece together the history of her grandparents. Thank you
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Cpl. George Humphreys Bennett . Royal Marines from Widnes, Lancs My dad, GeorgeBennett, joined the Royal Marines at Portsmouth aged 25 on 15th Feb 1940, as a volunteer ‘for the period of the present emergency’.
Dad's service record is extremely sketchy due, I assume, to the exigencies of war.
His record notes a wound to his right leg received in action in May 1941 and a period of hospitalisation from 27tg of October 1942 to 12th of January 1943. He was discharged from service aged 29 on 7th of April 1944 as Physically Unfit for Royal Marine Service.
During his wartime service, dad took part in operations at Crete sometime between 10th of March 1941 and 31st of May 1941 for which he received the 1939/43 Star. He also served in the Middle East and Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
As a child I recall trying on numerous occasions to coax dad, mostly unsuccessfully, to tell me about his wartime experiences.
All I ever learned was that he was wounded on Crete, after being strafed from the air which was during the fighting that ensued from the German parachute invasion of the island. He was subsequently evacuated from Souda Bay.
I have a couple of photographs of dad in Ceylon and a small album of photos of him in Palestine with members of his unit. I was told by a relative recently that he thought dad had also served in the Western desert during the war, however there doesn't appear to be any evidence of his active service there in his record. He passed away in Plymouth in 1990 aged 75.
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Pte. George William Bennett . Australian Army from Australia
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Sgnlmn. Gordon Bennett . British Army No. 2 Commando Can anyone help me with information on my grandfather? He served as a signalman with No. 2 Commando in Italy, Crete, Yugoslavia, Vis, Sicily and Channel Raids and trained as para at Ringway.
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GW Bennett . British Army GW Bennett served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Able Seaman. H. Bennett . Royal Navy HMS Forfar Able Seaman Bennett was one of those brought ashore after the sinking of HMS Forfar.
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Pte. Harry Edward "Titch" Bennett . British Army Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from Banbury I'm trying to find out about my Grandad Harry Bennett,as with most we got snippets. We know he was in the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry which we were told by him the fastest regiment in the British army and he trained in Scotland.
We also know for reasons unknown he went to Bermuda (where he saw his first banana) and travelled by train in USA up to Canada before getting on a ship to UK.
He also met by a fluke his older brother being shipped out of a harbour(injured) as his unit landed. When he was asked what did you say to your brother, Harry replied "alright" had a fag and nothing else.
We also have a snippet that they gave kids some chocolate in Germany as they looked starving.
If anyone could tell me what unit he was in or any other info I would be very grateful.
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Harry Bennett . British Army Parachute Regiment I am looking for information on my great uncle 'Harry' Bennett. He was a member of the British airbourne division but I don't know which regiment, I believe 2 Para made it to Arnhem bridge so I'm guessing he was with 1 or 3 Para. I believe he was captured during the landings, and taken to one of the Stalags. Is there anywhere that list POWs of the Arnhem landing, a roll call from the Stalag, or a roster of the Paras who jumped that day?
Update
Possibilities for "Harry" Bennett could be: 4B (camp Muhlberg [Elbe]) 266771 (POW number) Bennett H. Pte 1683432 A.A.C. (Army Air Corps) also 12A (camp Limburg s.d. Lahn) no POW number Bennett GH Cpl 4127537 A.A.C. They are only possibilities on the details that you have supplied. Taken from POWs British Army 1939-1945. I have no further information but can say that there were no Parachute Regiment personnel mentioned with the surname Bennett. (Stuart Brown)
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Capt. Harry Dare Bennett . ARP from Stockport, Cheshire Harry Bennett was the son of Sir Henry C. Bennett and Lady Julia Ann Joyce. Harry was shot in the right buttocks at the Battle of Pozières, and also received burns to the right side of the face, mouth and throat at the Battle of Passchendaele.
Harry was discharged on the 15th of April 1918 due to the burns he received. Harry returned to his wife and four children in Stockport, and remained there until he died in 1966. Harry also served in the Civil Defence Rescue Service during the Second World War as a Chemical Operations Officer.
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Pte. Harry Bennett . British Army 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry from Manchester My grandfather, Harry Bennett served in India and Palestine prior to the outbreak of WW2. His service record then states he served in Egypt and Sudan up to January 1944. He was then returned to the UK for 6 months before landing in Normandy on 18th of June 1944. Research shows that it was 2nd Battalion HLI that served in India, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan and Italy at the times shown on his record. He has an Italy Star, so it is safe to assume he moved from Africa to Italy with 2nd Battalion HLI, as their records state. We get a little lost here though. Records say that 2nd Battalion HLI went right up through Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece, taking part in the final advance into Northern Italy. However, at some point in January 1944 he returned to the UK, and then landed in Normandy on 18th of June 1944. On 8th of August 1944 he was injured and listed as missing. On August 24, he surfaced in a hospital. He recovered and re-joined 10th Battalion as they moved across Europe and into Germany.
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Sgt. J. A. Bennett . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqdn. Halifax ll DT646 VR-C was shot down during a raid to Essen 5th March 1943. T/O Middleton St. George 18.57, hit by flak over target and also attacked by nightfighter, aircraft crashed near Elst Holland at 21.37.
F/S J.R. Couper RCAF, KIA (commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial).
F/Lt. L. Bakewell RAF, POW in Lamsdorf, POW No. 37630.
Sgt. A.C. Turner RCAF, Evaded.
WO2 D.D. Scowen RCAF, POW in Lamsdorf, POW No. 27657.
F/O J.E. Marvel RCAF, POW in Stalag Luft 3, POW No. 27751.
Sgt. J.A. Bennett RCAF, POW.
WO W.J. Clark RCAF, POW in Lamsdorf, POW No. 27703.
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Pte. Jack Bennett . British Army
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Sgt. Jack Bennett . British Army 5th Btn. Grenadier Guards from Shaw, Oldham Jack Bennett served with the Signal Section, 5th Grenadier Guards.
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Assistant Steward James Bennett . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Cpl. James Oscar Bennett . United States Marines from Arkansas, USA
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T/Sgt. James Peter Bennett . United States Army 75 Ordnance Coy, Depot from Pennsylvania, USA
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Pte. James Joseph Bennett . British Army Royal Leicestershire Regiment from Birmingham My father James Bennett was captured at the battle of Kasserine Pass in February 1943. He was transported to Italy and then to Germany, ending up at Oschatz - Stalag IVg, where he worked in quarries. He had an appendectomy (no anaesthetic), by a French doctor in nearby Colditz. He was arrested twice for trying to escape. After the war he served in the Rhine army.
James died in 1995. I would be interested to hear if anyone remembered him.
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F/Lt. James H. Bennett DFC.. Royal Air Force 627 Squadron from Lincolnshire When I started work at a Customs & Excise office in Boston in 1980, my boss there was Jim Bennett. A tall old gent with a lovely warm, quiet personality. He retired just a year or so later but by then I had heard from him his wartime history as a RAF pilot (Flt Lt).
He trained in Canada, then flew Hampdens at Coningsby (presumably with 109 Sqn). He later transferred to 627 Sqn at Woodhall Spa, piloting a Mosquito. I understand he gained his DFC during operations over the Low Countries. This is what he told me, but without detail.
When the war ended, he was training up for Tiger Force, which would have entailed shipping out to the Far East to take the war to the Japanese. He was a Lincolnshire lad, flying his War from his home county. I believe he grew up in Market Rasen. He gave me an Air Navigation book which I still treasure. It carries his signature. I first lived in Mareham-le-Fen, just 3 miles from Coningsby. I regularly walked my dog in Woodhall Woods, which contains the remains of the RAF bomb depot adjacent to what's left of the airfield. Both my daughters were born into the Mareham home I then occupied, and strangely one of them is now an RAF pilot. My father served in RAF 1940 to 1945, but not as aircrew.
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Maj James Thomas Bennett MC. British Army 6th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from Motherwell
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Sgt. John Edward Bennett MiD.. British Army 110 Special Wireless Section Royal Corps of Signals from Leeds, Yorkshire (d.19th Mar 1943) Jack Bennett was from Leeds. He attended Leeds College of Technology and worked for the film company 20th Century Fox before the war. On enlistment in the Royal Artillery, his technical prowess was spotted and he was transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals. By 1943 he was a Sgt with 110 Special Wireless Section in the Western Desert, part of the secret 'Y' service, tasked with intercepting enemy radio signals and passing them back to Bletchley Park for decoding using Enigma. He was wounded in action and died of his wounds on 19 March 1943. He is buried in the Sfax War Cemetery in Tunisia.
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John Bennett . Royal Newfoundland Navy H.M.S Pembroke from Pasadena, NL John Bennett was part of the 3rd contingent Royal Newfoundland Navy and joined HMS Pembroke.
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Josephine Elizabeth Bennett . Women's Auxiliary Air Force from Wellington My mum Josephine Bennett served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. All she talked about for years was working at High Ercall during the war. She used to check pilot and plane details before take off, and often stood on the wings of Spitfires. She told stories about when the base was bombed. I am trying to find photos or confirm this.
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