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NAME: Benham, Ralph George
RANK: 2nd Lieutenat (Lieutenant on Eling memorial)
UNIT: Somerset Light Infantry (formerly Private 1406 Hampshire Yeomanry & 204936 Hampshire Regiment)
BATTALION ETC: 6th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action 11th September 1918
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France
OTHER INFORMATION: Age 28. Born 17th July 1890 at Southsea. Commissioned 30th April 1918. Son of George and Jane Benham of 15 Essex Rd., Milton, Portsmouth (CWGC). On MIC mothers address is 15 Essex Road, Milton, Portsmouth. In 1911 family living at 1 Eling lane, Totton, Hants. In probate his address is 13 Tottenham Road, Portsmouth. He is listed in Eling St Mary Burial Register in 1918 (no 730).