Lieutenant Colonel Philip Bent VC DSO - Comd 9th Bn, Leicestershire Regiment


NAMES OF VICTORIA CROSS HOLDERS ON THE:
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, PASSCHENDAELE, BELGIUM

Name Philip Eric,
BENT
William,
CLAMP
Ernest,
SEAMAN

Rank Lieutenant Colonel Corporal Lance Corporal
Force Comd 9th Bn Leicestershire Regiment 6th Bn Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
( previously Army Service Corps )

VC won Polygon Wood, Belgium,
1 October 1917
Poelcapelle, Belgium,
9 October 1917
Terhand, Belgium,
29 September 1918

London Gaz 11 January 1918 18 December 1917 15 November 1918
Born Halifax, Nova Scotia,
3 January 1891
Motherwell, Lanarkshire,
28 October 1891
Norwich, Norfolk,
16 August 1893

Died 1 October 1917,
Polygon Wood, Belgium
9 October 1917,
Poelcapelle, Belgium
29 September 1918,
Terhand, Belgium

Grave No known grave
Name on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele
No known grave
Name on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele
No known grave
Name on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Passchendaele

Location
of VC
Ashby School, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire Green Howards Museum, Richmond, Yorkshire Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Worthy Down, Hampshire
Remarks DSO None none

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