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NAME: Benson, Eric William

RANK: Lieutenant Colonel

UNIT: King's Royal Rifle Corps

BATTALION ETC: 9th Battalion

REGIMENTAL NUMBER:

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action 15th September 1916 Delville Wood

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

OTHER INFORMATION: Born 8th May 1887 at Alresford. Address in probate is 25 Berkley Square, Middlesex. Son of Sir Frank Robert & Lady Gertrude Constance Benson. Husband of Muriel Annie Benson of 25 Berkley Square, Middlesex. Married 17th June 1916 at St Andrews Church, Westminster.