2719/240466 Private John Bennett
1/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment

He lived at 9 Court Littles Lane, Wolverhampton, with his wife Hannah.
John Bennett enlisted on the 3^rd September 1914 in Wolverhampton. He signed up for the duration of the war for service in the United Kingdom, but soon must have volunteered for Overseas Service.

His medical on the 3^rd of September showed that he was 33 years, 10 months old, 5′6″, with a fully expanded chest of 36 inches, and a range of expansion of 2 1/2″.He entered France and Flanders on the 5^th March 1915, along with the rest of the Battalion. He returned to the United Kingdom on the 5^th April 1917, and was declared on the 26^th April 1917 in Litchfield as being no longer physically fit for further was service. (Para 392 (xvi) King’s Regulations). John was finally discharged on 15^th May 1917, having served for 2 years 245 days.

Information from his pension papers, available in the NA WO/364.

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