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John Henry Bethel

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John's Pension Record (image courtesy of WFA)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Fettercairn
  • Service no: 20199
  • Rank: Corporal
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps
  • Unit/Ship: 51st Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 21.03.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Arras Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Bay 10

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Newport on Tay
  • Address: Grange Lodge, Monifieth
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Elizabeth Williamson Bethel, Grove Gdns, Dumfries

  • Father:

    James Bethel, Grove Gdns, Dumfries

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about John Henry Bethel

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour, he is remembered on the Monifieth War Memorial.

John Henry Bethel   20199   Machine Gun Corps

BETHEL―Reported killed in action on 21st March, John Henry Bethel, lance-corporal, M.G.C., age 24, second son of James Bethel, Grange Lodge, Monifieth.

Dundee Courier 15rd April 1918

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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