Date of birth: 15/07/1882

Place of birth: Caterham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Profession: Solicitor

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Enlistment date: 28/04/1914

Enlistment place: London (City), Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Units:  —  East Surrey Regiment, 5th Bn. attd. Royal Engineers, 228th Field Coy.  (Attached)  —  East Surrey Regiment, 5th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 26/07/1917

Place of death: Casualty clearing station, Godewaersvelde, France

Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Age: 35

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

Bernard Clement Stenning was 2nd Lt to the 5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment, at the time of his death attached to the 228th Field Company Royal Engineers. The 41th Division, of which the 228th Field Company Royal Engineers was a part, took over the sector Klein Zillebeke to Hollebeke on the 25th of July 1917. The 228th Field Company Royal Engineers was responsible for all work in the brigades sector south of Canal, including stocking up of the forward consolidation stores, at Oak Dump and Oak Avenue. Improvement of Oak Dump road and Oak Avenue. Improvement frontline and Optic Road from St. Eloi to Hollebeke. Bernard must have been wounded during this work in the sector Klein Zillebeke - Hollebeke (on the 25th or 26th of July) and was taken to a casualty clearing station in Godewaersvelde. Where he died of his wounds on the 26th of July and was buried at the Godewaersvelde British Cemetery.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Sources used

CWGC http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/24219/STENNING,%20BERNARD%20CLEMENT Sources used

The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Sources used

War Diary 41 DIVISION Headquarters, Branches and Services Corps of Royal Engineers Commander Royal Engineers : 04/05/1916 - 31/10/1917 http://www.nmarchive.com/subscribe Sources used