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 NAME:                      Benham, Charles Alfred
 RANK:                      Private
 UNIT:                      Dorsetshire Regiment  (formerly 30755 Hampshire Regiment)
 BATTALION ETC:             1st Battalion
 REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         19707
 HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 11th August 1918
 WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Bouchoir New British Cemetery, Somme, France
 OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 34. Son of Charles Edward & Mary Ann Benham.
                            In 1911 family living at 79 Upper South Street, Gosport, Charles Alfred being a widow.
                            Husband of Lucy May Benham of 1 Wallingford Place, South St., Gosport.
                            On pension card living 16 South Street, Ventnor, IOW, then later address as above.
                            Married 1915, previously married to Florence Annie Benham, but she died 1907.
                            Born: Gosport, Hants. Enlisted: Newport, IOW. Resided: Ventnor, IOW.