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Private ERNEST BENSON

Service Number: 14428309
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

2nd Bn. The Hertfordshire Regt.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

X. K. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Ida Benson, of West Bowling, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription A VALIANT SOLDIER, WITH UNDAUNTED HEART HE BREASTED LIFE'S LAST HILL
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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