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Private L BENTON

Service Number: 2654
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cambridgeshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot I. Row B. Grave 35.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Mary Benton, of Station Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
  • Personal Inscription AND IN MEMORY OF CPL. W. BENTON. 1ST CAMBS. REGIMENT KILLED IN ACTION 14.10.16. BROTHERS RE-UNITED.
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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