Charles Thomas BENNETT

The 7th (Service) Battalion was a "New Armies" battalion and landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 73rd Brigade in the 24th Division in September 1915 also for service on the Western Front

7th (Service) Battalion
Sept 1914 Formed at Northampton as part of the Third New Army (K3) and then moved to the South Downs to join the 73rd Brigade of the 24th Division.
Nov 1914 Moved to Southwick.
June 1915 Moved to Inkerman Barracks, Woking.
02.09.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Boulogne and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
1915
The Battle of Loos. (the Division suffered severe casualties and took the rest of the year to rebuild).
1916
The German gas attack at Wulverghem, The Battle of Delville Wood, The Battle of Guillemont.
1917
The Battle of Vimy Ridge, The Battle of Messines, The Battle of Pilkem Ridge, The Battle of Langemarck, The Cambrai Operations.
1918
The Battle of St Quentin, The Actions at the Somme Crossings, The Battle of Rosieres, The First Battle of the Avre, The Battle of Cambrai 1918, The pursuit to the Selle, The Battle of the Sambre, The passage of the Grand Honelle.
11.11.1918 Ended the war at Louvignies near Bavai, France
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/277/northamptonshire-regiment

Charles may have been a victim of the Influenza epidemic of 1919

It appears that Charles was a victim of the flu epidemic as I have now found that he died of Congestion of the Lungs. Rest peacefully Charles.