Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914 Star (SX.2/7. F. A. Bennett, A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.) good very fine £100-£140

James Harold Bennett was born on 26 July 1882 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1 June 1910. He served with the Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, during the Great War at Antwerp from 4 to 11 October 1914, and was advanced Petty Officer on 1 March 1915. He saw further service with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, was promoted Chief Petty Officer at Gallipoli on 25 July 1915, and was commissioned Sub Lieutenant on 15 November 1915. Proceeding to the Western Front he was wounded by gun shot to the legs on 13 November 1916, and was invalided out of the service on 20 November 1916. For his services during the Great War with the British Armies in France he was Mentioned in Despatches by General Haig (London Gazette 4 January 1917).

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