Letter from 23207 L/Cpl Frank Bentley, 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards, to his brother Cpl Arthur Bentley, Royal Army Medical Corps; written from Chelsea Barracks, postmarked 10 Nov 1915; Frank regrets that his promotion to corporal has delayed his departure for the Front; says that he ranks as a first-class shot; has decided against having the operation on his varicose veins and will see what happens at the pre-embarkation medical inspection; Frank Bentley was killed in action at Gauche Wood, near Gouzeaucourt, 1 Dec 1917; his name appears on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral.