Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Chatby Memorial | ||
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.116 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 29D GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | Military Cross | ||
Early Life :
Wine Merchant, Buckingham (1908).Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars |
| Action : Naval Campaign |
Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.
Detail :
CWGC: Killed in Action. Drowned during the torpedoing and sinking of the troopship 'Leosowe Castle' by UB-51 the Eastern Mediterranean Egypt.
Probate record: BENNETT Charles Henry of Buckingham lieutenant Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars died 27 May 1918 at sea on active service Probate Oxford 26 May to Owen Edmund Bennett estate agent and William Thomas Clarke gentelman. Effects £2822 18s. 11d.
LEASOWE CASTLE: Shipping Controller (Union-Castle Mail S.S. Co.); 1915; Cam-mell Laird; 9,737 tons; 488-5x58-2x32-9'; 1,759 n.h.p.; 14 knots; quadruple-expansion engines. The Union-Castle liner Leasowe Castle was built to the order of Greek owners as the Vasilissa Sophia, but never delivered to them. She was taken over by the British government in 1917. Soon after going into service she was torpedoed off Gibraltar on April 20th, 1917. but managed to reach port and effect repairs. On May 27th, 1918. she was in convoy from Egypt to Marseilles when she was torpedoed and sunk 104 miles W. by N. % N. of Alexandria. On this occasion she was carrying some 3,000 troops, and was under command of Capt. E. J. Holl. Ninety-two persons, including the captain, were killed.
A detailed account of the loss of H.M.T. Leosowe Castle is recorded on the Great War Forum.
Citations & Commemorations :
London Gazette citation 16th July 1918 "Lt. (A./Capt.) Charles Henry Bennett, Yeo. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After doing most valuable work he rode across the front of the enemy position in order to get into touch with the infantry. He displayed great courage and a complete indifference to danger."His MC was announced in the London Gazette 15th February 1918.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Grenville No. 1787 E.C. | Buckinghamshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
20th October 1908 | 17th November 1908 | 9th January 1909 |
Senior Warden
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley