2nd Lt
Bernard Clement Stenning

Information about birth

Date of birth:
15/07/1882
Place of birth:
Caterham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

General information

Profession:
Solicitor

Army information

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)

Information about death

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

Cemetery

Godewaersvelde British Cemetery
Plot: I
Row: A
Grave: 10

Distinctions and medals 2

Points of interest 3

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place
#3 Place of death (approximate)

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.

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Sources 1

228 Field Company Royal Engineers, (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2626/1 ).
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303
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