Wigan and Leigh Archives Online

Elias Bentham

Details

Forename Elias
Surname Bentham
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 22
Address 53 Platt Lane Scholes (Sister)
Parents' Address 9 Baron St
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Coal miner hewer atPemberton Collieries
Regiment Manchester Regiment 1/5th Batt
Day of Death 4
Month of Death June
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Helles Memorial
Regiment Number 1971 (nb has same number as Bentham C? above)
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Brother of Jane Ellen and William.


Ref; CWGC, Ancestry and WO 17/7/15