Lt Col Alexander George Bennett: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1900 - 1979 (79 years)

Generation: 1

Lt Col Alexander George Bennett was born on 7 Sep 1900 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 23 Sep 1979 in Hampshire; was buried on 12 Oct 1979 in Fleet, Hampshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 13 Oct 1900, Wraxall, Somerset

Notes:

1st son. Baptised 13 October 1900 at Wraxall, Somerset. Educated at Eton College 1913-18 and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1918-19. Service of Thanksgiving for him at All Saint's, Fleet 12 October 1979.

Nov. 1919 joined King's Royal Rifle Corps (60th Rifles); retired Lieut. Col. 1947. Secretary, Army Rifle Association, 1947-67. President, Aldershot and North Hants. Conservative Association, 1970-78.

Worked for over 20 years for the Riflemen's Aid Society and over 15 years for the Officer's Pension Assn.

Took an active part in all field sports until his death.

1 daughter: Jane Elisabeth Bennett, born 1935. last living at 56 Redcliffe Square, S.W.10.

Alexander married Rosemary Elizabeth Leach on 26 Oct 1933 in Knightsbridge, London. Rosemary (daughter of Commander William Robert Ronald Leach and Gwladys Prudence Graham-Parry) was born on 11 Jan 1908 in Kensington, London; died in May 2000 in North Dorset, Dorset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Jane Elizabeth Bennett was born in Jan 1935 in Chipping S, Shropshire; died on 6 Feb 2021 in Bramley House, Mere, Warminster, Wiltshire.