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Individual Record
Second Anglo-Afghan War Database
| Bennett, William Fuller. Surgeon Major, Army Medical Department |
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b. 9 May 1843 Co. Cork, Ireland d. 4 Mar 1915 Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland |
| Medal roll: Kandahar. Kandahar Bronze Star. |
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| Educated Queen's College, Cork and Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin. MD Oct 1867. Staff Assistant Surgeon Mar 1868. Singapore. Hong Kong. Ceylon. Surgeon Mar 1873. Ashanti war 1873-74 (including Dunquah, sailed to Africa on the Benin Oct 1873). Surgeon Major Oct 1879. Afghan war with Kabul-Kandahar Field Force. On temporary half-pay on account of ill health Nov 1882. Egypt (stationed at Assouan). Retired Oct 1888, Surgeon Lt.-Colonel. At death: Riverside House, Bandon, Cork. |
| Family: |
| Parents: Rev. Thomas Glasson Bennett and Mary Fuller. Married 1883 Annie Alberta (Bertie) Beamish (1861-1937). Children: Thomas George Herbert (1884), William De Courcy (1887-1918), Violet Bertie May (1888), Francis Lionel Percy Garnet (1889-1959), Florence Muriel Frances Rose (1891-1906). |
| References: |
| Shadbolt Historical p.243. Ashantee war medal for sale by Bonhams Apr 2003. |
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