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Private M BENSON

Service Number: 202863
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

I. E. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Benson, of Great Broughton; husband of Gladys L. Benson, of Belmont House. Great Broughton, Stokesley, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1305
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