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Private JOHN DOUGLAS BENSON

Service Number: 3713018
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

1. C. 2.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Isabella Margaret Benson, of Haverthwaite, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS MEMORIES ARE KEPT. WE WHO LOVED HIM WILL NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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