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Private ALEC BENSON

Service Number: 3186511
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 28 May 1940 and 04 June 1940

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DE PANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 3. Row A Grave 30.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Bertha Benson, of York; husband of Irene Benson, of York.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DE PANNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 283
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