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Private ALEC EDWARD BENFORD

Service Number: 14479
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

"C" Coy. 9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

II. H. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Edward Benford, of School Lane, Narborough, Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD BE WITH YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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