Lives of the First World War

Credit: Sherborne School Archives, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset, UK, DT9 3AP. Details: Eric Augustine Bennetts, born 28 August 1895, son of the Rev. Thomas Bennetts and Annie Margaret Bennetts (nee Griffiths) of Lewannick Vicarage, Launceston, Cornwall. Attended Hazeldon Preparatory School, Tavistock, Devon. Attended Sherborne School (The Green) September 1909-July 1913; Scholar; 6th form; Digby Maths prize 1913; Public Schools Boxing 1913. Attended a college in Cape Town. WW1, Flight Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Air Service. Formerly Lance-Corporal in Cape Town Highlanders, South African Defence Force (Signalling Instructor). Killed on 17 August 1917 in an air battle, north-east of Lens. Commemorated at: Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, XV.R.22

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