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William Robertson Bennie |
Brother of Robert Bennie, Royal Garrison Artillery, No. 135787
CWGC:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 7th Battalion, attached 16th Battalion
Date of Death: 2nd December 1917
Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial
Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Mary Scott Bennie, Levenbank, Seamill, West Kilbride, Ayrshire.
SNWM:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 7th Battalion (Territorial), attached 16th Battalion
Date of Death: 2nd December 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 7th (Blythswood) Battalion
Date of Death: 2nd December 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
William Robertson Bennie, Private, Highland Light Infantry, No. 3359, 2nd Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry.
Killed in Action 2nd December 1917. Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals.
Father: A. Bennie Esq., 3 Broompark Terrace, Dennistoun.
Soldiers’ Effects:
W. R. Bennie, Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Killed in Action 2nd December 1917.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour:
William R. Bennie, 2nd Lieutenant, Highland Light Infantry, 3 Broompark Terrace, Dennistoun
Stirling Observer, 15th December 1917. ‘The War’
Second Lieutenant William R. Bennie, Highland Light Infantry, in his 23rd year, was killed in France on 2nd inst. he was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Bennie, Dennistoun and a brother of Mrs Howat, The Manse, Drymen.
1901 Census, Living at 645 Alexandra Parade (Common Stair), Dennistoun
Father Alexander Bennie, age 43, Secretary & Treasurer/Agricultural Engineer, born Whitburn, West Lothian
Mother Mary S. Bennie, age 39, born Perth
Children: Nellie L. Bennie, age 16, Scholar, born Govan
Tina L. Bennie, age 13, Scholar, born Glasgow
Robert Bennie, age 8, Scholar, born Glasgow
William R. Bennie, age 5, Scholar, born Glasgow
1911 Census, Living at 645 Alexandra Parade, Dennistoun
Father Alexander Bennie, age 53, Secretary/Agricultural Engineer (Partner in Firm), born Whitburn, West Lothian
Mother Mary S. Bennie, age 49, born Perth (Married 26 years, 5 children born, 4 still living)
Children: Robertina L. Bennie, age 23, Teacher Needlework/Dressmaking, Glasgow School Board, born Glasgow
Robert Bennie, age 18, Insurance Clerk, born Glasgow
William R. Bennie, age 16, Scholar, born Glasgow