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Gunner GEORGE CYRIL BENTON

Service Number: 1487
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

1st/1st (West Riding) Bde.

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1915

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES

V. C. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walford John and Alice Benton, of 27, Cardigan Rd., Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF WALFORD JOHN BENTON & ALICE BENTON OF LEEDS
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Buried or commemorated at

RATION FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA CHAPELLE-D'ARMENTIERES
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1319
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