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Harry Bentley was born in Aug 1888 in Keldgate, Beverley one of eleven children, he was the eldest of five sons born to Marmaduke and Mary Hannah Bentley; the family lived in Keldgate in 1901 and in Long Lane in 1911. His father was a tanners’ labourer. In Aug 1895 Harry was admitted to Minster Boys’ School but was then transferred to St Mary’s, Beverley. In 1911 Harry was a ‘fish merchant’, and an article in the Beverley Guardian following his death states that before the war he was in partnership as a fish merchant in North Bar Street, Beverley.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission states that Harry served as a Gunner in the 70th Battery, 34th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery and he died of wounds on 15 May 1917. He was aged 28 and was unmarried. A letter received by his father, published in the Beverley Guardian in May 1917, states he enlisted in 1916 and was serving in France from Sep 1916. He was awarded the British War and Victory medals; and was buried and is commemorated at the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension in France. He is also commemorated on the War Memorial in Hengate, Beverley
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