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NAME:                      Benson, Henry Walker ("Harry")
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Worcestershire Regiment  (formerly 242289 Norfolk Regiment)
BATTALION ETC:             1/8th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         260137
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of wounds 19th August 1917 of wounds received 17th August 1917
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 41. Born Jan/Feb/March 1877 at South Shields, Durham.
                           Son of William and Mary Benson of Goolwa, Newlands Avenue, Southampton.
                           In 1891 family living at 56 Millbush Lane, Freemantle, Southampton.
                           On pension cards sister is dependant - Isabella Hamilton, of 7 Inswood Crescent, Dyke Road, Brighton,
                           later 63 Buckingham Place, Brighton,
                           the 24 Terminus Road, then 47 Church Street,
                           and lastly 24 Campbell Road, Brighton.
                           Born: Jarrow-on-Tyne. Enlisted: Southampton. Resided: Brighton.