2nd Lt
Bernard Clement Stenning
Informatie over geboorte
Geboortedatum: 15/07/1882 |
Geboorteplaats: Caterham, Surrey, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk |
Algemene Informatie
Beroep: Juridisch Adviseur |
Informatie legerdienst
Land: Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk |
Strijdmacht: British Expeditionary Force |
Rang: Second Lieutenant |
Dienstneming datum: 28/04/1914 |
Dienstneming plaats: London (City), Middlesex, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk |
Eenheden: — East Surrey Regiment, 5th Bn. attd. Royal Engineers, 228th Field Coy. (Attached) — East Surrey Regiment, 5th Bn. (Laatst gekende eenheid) |
Informatie over overlijden
Datum van overlijden: 26/07/1917 |
Plaats van overlijden: Casualty clearing station, Godewaersvelde, Frankrijk |
Doodsoorzaak: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
Leeftijd: 35 |
Begraafplaats
Godewaersvelde British Cemetery Plot: I Rij: A Graf: 10 |
Onderscheidingen en medailles 2
British War Medal Medaille |
Victory Medal Medaille |
Points of interest 3
#1 | Geboorteplaats | ||
#2 | Dienstneming plaats | ||
#3 | Plaats van overlijden (bij benadering) |
Mijn verhaal
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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