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Private JOHN HOLIDAY BENSON

Service Number: 5862
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

"B" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. I. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Benson, of 192, Harrington Rd., Workington, Cumberland, and the late Joseph Benson.
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 592
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