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Serjeant WHITFIELD REID BENSON

Service Number: 107869
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

267th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY

I. B. 36.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Wray Benson and Annie Benson, of 4, Old Market Place, Ripon, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 289
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