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Private BENJAMIN RICHARD MINCHIN

Service Number: 23417
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

X. R. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Ellen Minchin, of 135, Belvedere Rd., Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY MOTHER, FATHER AND BROTHERS OUR BELOVED BEN

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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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