Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 15 BENTLEY, James Clifford WWI Clifford Bent/Bentley was born in 1894 in Barbados, British West Indies, the son of James and Letitia Bent. As a boy he came to live with David and Sarah (Henry) Bentley in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, and took their name. After some years there he went to Quebec where his mother was living, resumed the Bent name and enlisted in the army in 1915 in Montreal. He was sent overseas with the 42nd Battalion and was killed in the battle of Somme on September 15, 1916, and was buried in Courcelette British Cemetery, Somme, France. He is named on the cenotaph at Springside as James Clifford Bentley. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. BENTLEY, James Lester WWI Lester, son of Abram and Flora (McCarthy) Bentley of Otter Brook, was born in 1895. He enlisted in the 25th Battalion of the Nova Scotia Regiment in 1915 and was killed in action in France on April 29, 1917, and like others who have no known grave, his name is on the Vimy Ridge Memorial. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. BENTLEY, Robert Smith WWI Bob, born in 1879, was the son of John and Rachel (Smith) Bentley of Upper Stewiacke Village. He went to Vancouver and enlisted there in the 88th Battalion Victoria Fusiliers. He was badly wounded overseas and was returned to Vancouver where he remained for the rest of his life. Bob worked for 45 years in the body building shop of the Mainland Transfer Company. He passed away in 1957. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. BENTLEY, John Douglas WWII John, son of Abram and Flora (McCarthy) Bentley of Otter Brook, was born in 1907 and joined the Royal Canadian Navy and served four years as a Chief Petty Officer mostly overseas. After the war, he lived in Mount Uniacke and sold insurance. He was a founding member of the Mount Uniacke Volunteer Fire Department and served on both the East Hants Municipal Council and the East Hants School Board. In 1981, the school board named the J.D. Bentley Memorial Gymnasium at the Mount Uniacke School in his honour. He passed away in 1978. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society.
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