William
Henry
Bennett
Born in 17 Somerset Place, Teignmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of James Bennett
and Charlotte (Haydon) Bennett
Brother of
Albert James Bennett, Alice Maud (Bennett) Phillips, Florence (Bennett) Sanders, George Cornelius Bennett, Charlotte Bennett, Samuel Charles Bennett and Sydney Bennett
Husband of
Lilian Frances (Dyer) Hurman
— married
1912 (to 14 Jul 1919) in Newton Abbot, Devon, England
Descendants 
Father of
Florence Charlotte (Bennett) Bergin, William George Bennett, Phyllis Maude Bennett, Doreen May (Bennett) Tibbs and Frances (Bennett) Cornelius
Died
at age 34
in Teignmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2013
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Biography
William Henry Bennett is on Wikitree Roll of Honor
Bombardier William Henry Bennett RFA Wessex 4th Brg
Died in Military ServiceWILLIAM HENRY BENNETT, son of James Bennett and Charlotte Haydon, was born September 12,1884 at 17 Somerset Place, Teignmouth Devon.[1]
June 18, 1910 William enrolled in the British Army. His regiment was Wessex 4th Brg. RFA, regimental number, 1575. William was promoted to Bombardier on August 29, 1914. According to William's army papers he was never sent abroad.[2]
William married Lilian Dyer in the spring of 1912 at Newton Abbot, Devon.[3] The couple went on to have 5 children together, two of whom died in infancy.
William was discharged from the army on June 13, 1916, classed as physically unfit for service, due to a lung disease caused by inhalation of gases whilst serving in the Army.[4]
Sadly William died from the disease on July 14, 1919.[5] He was laid to rest at Teignmouth Cemetery[6]
Sources
- ↑ GRO Certified Birth Certificate
- ↑ British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920; WO364; Piece: 226
- ↑ GRO Marriage Record
- ↑ Army discharge papers
- ↑ Army papers showing date and cause of death
- ↑ CWGC Casualty Details
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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