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Sub-Lieutenant WILLIAM FRANCIS BENSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Drake Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY

V. B. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Jane Benson, of 46, Reuben Avenue, South Circular Rd., Dublin, and the late William Benson.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRAI EAST MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 502
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