Captain John Edgar Bennett
1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
03/09/1916
1914-15 Star
Son of Sophia Julia Bennett, of Score House, Ilfracombe,
Devon, and the late Lt. Col. John Bennet (I.M.S.). Formerly
of Beau Desert, St Saviours, Jersey. An Old Victorian,
he was attached to the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Irish
Regiment at the time of his death. Educated at Victoria
College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Killed in action at Delville Wood, aged 26 years.
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Friday 15 September 1916
Roll of Honour. Captain John Edgar Bennett
of the Royal Irish Regiment, who was killed in action
on 3 September aged 26, was the third son of the late
Lieutenant Colonel John Bennett IMS and Mrs Bennett
of School House, Ilfracombe and formerly of Beau Desert,
St Saviours, Jersey. Captain Bennett was the youngest
of three brothers, all of whom were educated at Victoria
College, where they were very popular and distinguished
athletes. All three passed from College directly into
Sandhurst, but while the two elder boys went into the
Indian Army, J E Bennett was gazetted to the Royal Irish
Regiment in 1910. He came from India with his Battalion
in November 1914 and only recently returned to France
after a tour of duty with the Depot. After severe fighting
he received official notification that he had distinguished
himself by his conduct in the field.
