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Private JOHN HENRY BENBOW

Service Number: 5535
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

X. B. 37.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jonathan and Sarah Benbow, of Attingham Home Farm, nr. Shrewsbury.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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