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Eric Bentley
Eric Bentley at the Western Front
George Eric Bentley was born on June 2, 1899 at 15 Retford Place, Bradford, the youngest of 6 children to Joseph and Sarah Ann. He is the grandfather of the contributor.
Eric was a footballing prodigy destined for a professional career (he had been advised to consider signing for Aston Villa, a pre-war powerhouse in the game). Strong and athletic and big for his age, he was "whitefeathered" in…
Contributors
- Matthew Bentley
Subject
- World War I
- Recruitment and Conscription
- Trench Life
- Eric Bentley
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1914
- 1918
- 1918
- 1914
- 1918
- 1914
Contributors
- Matthew Bentley
Subject
- World War I
- Recruitment and Conscription
- Trench Life
- Eric Bentley
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1914
- 1918
- 1918
- 1914
- 1918
- 1914
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-08-02 10:53:54 UTC
- 2014-08-02
- 2014-08-02
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/4e8b7d30cb25cde2b394198c3c27a0e7
Places
- Western Front
- Somme
Provenance
- BL01
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 17045
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/17045
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1914
- 1918
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:41:05.898Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z