Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private C. S. Bentman, 23rd Battalion, London Regiment, who was killed in action in Egypt on 19 February 1918
British War and Victory Medals (704021 Pte. C. S. Bentman. 23-Lond. R.) good very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (5304 Pte. L. Bentman. 9-Lond. R.; 184 Pte. A. A. J. Bentman. A. Cyc. Corps.) good very fine

Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial, with Second Award Bar (7345028. Cpl. L. C. Bentman. R.A.M.C.) edge nicks, nearly very fine (5) £80-£120

Claude Stewart Bentman was born in London and attested there for the London Regiment. He served with the 23rd Battalion during the Great War in the Middle East, and was killed in action in Egypt on 19 February 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.

Leonard Bentman was born in London and attested there for the London Regiment. He served with the 9th Battalion (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 21 January 1917. He is buried in Laventie Military Cemetery, France.

Alex August John Bentman, brother of the above, served with the Army Cyclist Corps, and survived the War.