In Memory Of

BENNEWITH, HARRY RANDALL

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 1899-09-28
Service No:
 J/51070
Rank:
 Ordinary Seaman
Unit:
 H.M.S. Vindictive
Unit 2:
 28th Coy.
Regiment:
 Royal Navy
Date of Death:
 1918-04-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Zeebrugge. During the operation, Harry belonged to the fore gun crew aboard HMS Vindictive. It was reported in the Johannesburg Star that Harry and the entire gun crew was blown to pieces by German shell fire. Harry was fatally wounded by this shellfire. (ref. Paul Kendall : The Zeebrugge Raid - 1918.)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 P. W. 60A
Cemetery:
 DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kent
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of William James Bennewith, of Pretoria, South Africa, formerly of Stratford, London, England, and the late Ada Bennewith