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Second Lieutenant JOHN RUSSELL BENHAM

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

100th Bty.

Date of Death

Died 04 May 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD

IV. A. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin Arthur Russell Benham and Grizzel Hamilton Benham, of 32, Morningside Park, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription GLAD DID I LIVE & GLADLY DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
Nord France
Number of casualties: 4580
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