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Private ROBERT BENSON

Service Number: 1814
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1915

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

J. 43.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Mary Benson, of 22, Poplar St., Oldham Rd., Miles Platting, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription PARTED IN LIFE TO JOIN IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2865
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