207912 Pte. Norman John Bengough British Army 13th Btn. Warwickshire Regiment from:Harbourne Norman John Bengough was my uncle. He was born in Birmingham and enlisted on the 27th July 1940, he was serving at home until 10/3/43. He was then sent to India via the Liverpool Docks. While serving Norman was shot in the thigh on the 27th Nov 1944 (a battle accident) and was transfered to the Somerset Regiment and sent home. He was always a very shy man but never wanted to talk about his time in India. My wife sent for his Army record and we found that Norman was transfered to Bellsdyke Miltary Hospital in Scotland. We found that Norman was found to be suffering from mental dullness, we are a little unsure of the term but we have been told it was caused by the events in India when he was serving in Bombay. Norman remained at Bellsdyke for a period of two years nine months. So it seems his mental state of mind was not good. We have been told that his mother, Florence, did not know of his condition and did not know where he was, she felt he was "missing" but a family member found him and brought him home to Birmingham when he was well enough. I can remember Norman as being a kind loving man, but we could tell that he was suffering a little all his life with the strain of his mental health, he was killed in an accident at work in 1966, he is sadly missed.
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