Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Bernard Bonnett
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dunfermline
- Service no: 8348
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 31
- Date of Death: 18.03.1915
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Le Touret Memorial
- Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 37 to 38
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Darjeeling, India
- Address:
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Catherine Bonnett, 1 Littlejohn St, Dundee
- Father:
William Bonnett
- Siblings:
Annie, Phillip and 4 other brothers, (names unknown)
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about Bernard Bonnett
Bernard has no known grave but is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial. He was the brother of Pte Pillip Bonnett, 3901, 4/5th Battalion, Black Watch, who died of wounds 01.08.1916.
Bernard Bonnett 8348 Highland Infantry
BONNETT―Sacred to the memory of my dear brother, 8348 Lance-Corporal Bernard Bonnett 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry, aged 31 years, who was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on the 12th March 1915. – Inserted by his sister Annie, and his father and mother, No. 1 Littlejohn Street, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 11th March 1916
Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell. Pension record image courtesy of WFA
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