Letter from 23207 L/Cpl Frank Bentley, 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards, to his brother Cpl Arthur Bentley, Royal Army Medical Corps
Written from the Guards Depot, Caterham, Postmarked 10 May 1915.
Frank informs his brother that he has had no ill effects from his vaccinations; he does not expect America to enter the war because of the sinking of the Lusitania; he is enjoying the field work in which they are being instructed.
Frank Bentley was killed in action at Gauche Wood, near Gouzeaucourt, 1 Dec 1917; his name appears on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral.