this is a list of the New Zealand BENTLEY known to have died in the wars. It may not be a complete list. Please let me know if their are other young Bentley men you would like added to this page

Edgar Nornman Bentley
- served in WWI as Private 10/1740
- 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
- NEXT OF KIN: Mrs I. HEPPLESTON (sister), Hurstfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- KILLED IN ACTION 31 July 1917 aged in Ypres, Belgium
- Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 4. Mud Corner Cemtery, Belgium


Francis Robert Bentley
- served in WWII as Trooper 264923
- NZ Infantry Brigade, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force
- NEXT OF KIN: Mrs E Dunlop (aunt) 4 MacBeth St, Caversham, Dunedin
- Son of Ernest & Robina Bentley (nee JOHNTON)
- Nephew of Mrs. E. M. Dunlop of Caversham, Otago
- KILLED IN ACTION 18 April 1945 aged 23 in Italy
- Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. G. 12. Faenza War Cemetery, Italy


Jack Edward Sedgwick Bentley
- served in WWII as Flying Officer NZ402129
- Royal New Zealand Air Force, 230 Squadron, RAF
- Son of Arthur and Agnes Bentley, of Riccarton, Canterbury
- DIED 25 July 1942 in Egypt aged 28 in Middle East Campaign
- Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 265. Alamein memorial, Egypt
- also, Ashburton Memorial, Ashburton


John Robert Bentley
- served in WWI as Private 56234
- New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
- Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bentley of Hay Lane Farm, Foston, Derby, England
- KILLED IN ACTION Somme France 25 March 1918 aged 38
- Memorial: Grevilliers (NZ) Memorial, Pas de Calais, France


Loch Lomond Bentley
- served in WWI Flight Sergeant (Pilot) NZ403936
- Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, Bomber Command
- Son of Harry & Margaret Daziel Bentley, Waitoms Caves, Auckland
- Husband of Winifred Kathleen Bentley
- KILLED ON AIR OPERATIONS Suffolk, England 23 Dec 1940 aged 28
- Grave/Memorial Reference: Row B. Grave 6. Feltwell (St Nicholas Churchyard, Norgolk, UK)


Murray Waldron Bentley
- served in WWII as Sergeant NZ413806
- Royal New Zealand Air Force, 2 Advanced Flying Unit
- Son of Henry Arthur Bord & Jessie Eleanor Bentley of Auckland
- Brother of Robert Henry Waldron Bentley (below) who lost his life 7 months previously
- KILLED ON AIR OPERATIONS 1 December 1943 aged 21 in North Africa
- Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 278. Alamein Memorial, Egypt


Oswald Thomas Bentley
- Born at Ngahauranga in 1893
- Son of Edward BENTLEY & Louisa PALMER of Greytown, Wairarapa
- served in WWI as Driver 13509
- New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements New Zealand Army Service Corps .
- Served on the Western Front, 1917-18.
- DIED OF WOUNDS 15 September 1918 aged 25 New Zealand to France
- Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 4. (S). at Karori, Wellington


Robert Henry Waldron Bentley
- served in WWII as Pilot Officer NZ414580
- Royal New Zealand Air Force, Operation Gardening, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF
- NET OF KIN: Mrs Jessie Eleanor Bentley (mother), Auckland
- SoXn of Henry Arthur Bond & Jessie Eleanor Bentley, Auckland
- Brother of Murray Waldron Bentley (above) who lost his life 7 months later
- KILLED ON AIR OPERATIONS 6 May 1943 aged 23 at Waddenzee, South East of Vlieland, Netherlands
- Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 198. Runnymeade Memorial Surry UK