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BENNIE Hugh Osborne Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20398
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- BENNIE Hugh Osborne Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: BENNIE;
Forename(s): Hugh Osborne;
Initials: HO;
Rank: Lieut;
Previous Battalion: 5 of;
Previous Regiment: HLI;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 24 Coy;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 31-Jul-1917;
Other Data: born 11/2/1896 13 Wendover Cresc, Glasgow. Father - Hugh Osborne Bennie (Master Mech Engr). Mother - Jessie Ross Bennie (nee Montgomery). Educ: Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow - Chartered Accnt's Apprentice. Served 19® Bn HLI. To 5 HLI & MGC. Commsn 14/9/15. Wounded & msg 31/7/17 - death accepted for official purposes. Estate £157/9/2d
See "Twice in a Lifetime" (ML Walkinton) p 127, 132;Other Notes: BENNIE, Lieutenant, HUGH OSBOURNE, 5th Bn. Highland Light Infantry attd. Machine Gun Corps. 31st July 1917. Age 21. Son of H. Osbourne Bennie, of 10, Knowe Terrace, Pollokshields, Glasgow, and the late Jessie Ross Montgomery Bennie. Panel 56 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
Related National Archives files: WO374/5867;
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- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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