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Gunner HORACE BENSON

Service Number: L/18080
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 170th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

III. T. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederic and Annie Benson, of 287, Brunswick St., Nelson, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription GALLANTLY SERVED HIS KING AND COUNTRY. GIVING HIS LIFE FOR THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2771
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