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Guardsman JOHN FREDERICK BENSON

Service Number: 2621121
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 January 1944

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XVIII. E. 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Harriot Benson, of Ripon, Yorkshire; husband of Hilda Benson, of Ripon.
  • Personal Inscription OF RIPON, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. HE DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY. ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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