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Major PHILIP PATRICK BENSON

Service Number: 100223
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 February 1944

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XVI. A. 12.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Philip Lambert Benson and Alice Benson; husband of Joy Benson, of South Norwood, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DARKNESS IN ALL THE WORLD TO PUT OUT THE LIGHT OF ONE SMALL CANDLE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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