Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Quietiste Military Cemetery, Le Cateau | A. 17. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.116 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Thomas Bennallack, of Pendarves St., Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall. The London Gazette on 10/5/1918 confirmed that William Frederick BENNALLACK had been commissioned as a 2/Lt on 27 April 1918. He is commemorated on the Tuckingmill War Memorial CornwallService Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 446th Field Company |
446th 1st (Northumbrian) Field Company TF, joined 28th Division in December 1914 to June 1915 then 50th Division |
| Action : The Final Advance in Picardy |
17 October - 11 November 1918. The final stage of the British advance saw them cross the Selle and the Sambre rivers as the relentless pressure was kept on the retreating Germans. By the 11th November 1918 the British army had returned to Mons, where it all started for them back in August 1914 when it made its first contact with the Germans, and where the war stopped when the Armistice was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Mount Edgcumbe No. 1544 E.C. | Cornwall |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
12th April 1916 | 26th June 1916 | 9th August 1916 |
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
Last Updated: 2017-08-19 11:03:01