Geboortedatum: 15/07/1882

Geboorteplaats: Caterham, Surrey, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Beroep: Juridisch Adviseur

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)

Datum van overlijden: 26/07/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Casualty clearing station, Godewaersvelde, Frankrijk

Doodsoorzaak: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Leeftijd: 35

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

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.

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

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/24219

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=a21e8a9f-87df-460e-bbe2-128c58ddc9b0

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4247575