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Serjeant FINLAY DOUGLAS BENSON

Service Number: 7251
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 7 D and 8 D.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Benson, of 116, Blagdon Rd., New Malden, Surrey.
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Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 72151
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