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Private J W BENSON

Service Number: 251430
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

I. B. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Elisabeth Benson, of 6, Wilton St., Newton Heath, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription GOODNIGHT TILL WE MEET IN THE MORNING.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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