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Fusilier HAROLD BENSON

Service Number: 14652492
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBES-EN-PLAINE WAR CEMETERY

Row K. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Grace Benson, of Kirkham, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription SO YOUNG TO DIE BUT YET SO BRAVE HIS LIFE FOR PEACE HE NOBLY GAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAMBES-EN-PLAINE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 224
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