• Name: Robert Benstead
• Date of birth: 1891
• Place of Birth: Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England
• Date of Birth Registration: January – March 1891
• Place of Birth Registration: Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England

• Name: John Benstead
• DOB: 1863
• Place of Birth: Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
• Occupation: Blacksmith

Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

• Robert Benstead, 1891, Sawtry
• William Henry Benstead, 1894, Stamford
• John Benstead, 1897 Stamford
• Thomas Reuben Benstead, 1899, Peterborough
• Horace Leslie Benstead, 1906, Peterborough
• Margaret May Benstead, 1908, Peterborough

• 1901: Robert is living with his parents in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
• 1911: Robert is living with his parents in Peterborough, Northamptonshire. The census gives him an age of 20 and he is listed as a boilermakers apprentice.

• Name: Ethel Jeannie Blood
• Date of birth: 1890
• Place of Birth: Holme, Huntingdonshire, England

Marriage

• Date of Marriage: 1915
• Place of Marriage: Peterborough District, Northamptonshire

Children

• John Thomas Robert Benstead, 1915, Peterborough

• None found

• These records show that Robert Benstead, 9949, 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment was killed in action on 9th August 1915 in the Balkan Theatre.

Pension Records

• Available

Effects Left Too

• Widow Ethel Jeannie

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