2nd Lt
Bernard Clement Stenning
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 15/07/1882 |
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Place of birth: Caterham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Solicitor |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Second Lieutenant |
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Enlistment date: 28/04/1914 |
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Enlistment place: London (City), Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — East Surrey Regiment, 5th Bn. attd. Royal Engineers, 228th Field Coy. (Attached) — East Surrey Regiment, 5th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 26/07/1917 |
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Place of death: Casualty clearing station, Godewaersvelde, France |
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Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Age: 35 |
Cemetery
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Godewaersvelde British Cemetery Plot: I Row: A Grave: 10 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 3
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My story
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.
Sources 1
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228 Field Company Royal Engineers, (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2626/1 ). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Sources used |
More information 3
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/24219 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=a21e8a9f-87df-460e-bbe2-128c58ddc9b0 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4247575 |