Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: ‘George Willie Bentley, born 3 November 1917 in Queensbury. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hanson Bentley, of Upper Moor Royd Farm, Thornton. In the 1921 Census the family lived at Upper Limed House, Stump Cross, Halifax, and his father was a Poultry Farmer. In the 1939 Register George W. was a Spinning Overlooker. Driver, Royal Army Service Corps, #T/141233. Died 26th November 1941, aged 24. Commemorated on Column 74 at the Alamein Memorial, Egypt. He is also remembered on Thornton Grammar School War Memorial, now located at Beckfoot Thornton School.'