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Guardsman ARTHUR BENSON

Service Number: 2622286
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY

II. BB. 9.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jenny Valentine Benson, of Selby, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE "POURED OUT THE RICH RED WINE OF YOUTH, GAVE UP THE YEARS TO BE"
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Buried or commemorated at

SFAX WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1255
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