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Son of Isaac and Ann Benson. Husband of Annie H. Benson, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Digital gallery of Private John Benson
Digital gallery of
Private John Benson
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Caption (pg. 389): NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF PEEL KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR. Author - William Perkins Bull. "From Brock to Currie: the military development and exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in particular, 1791 to 1930." Toronto, 1935.
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This is a photo of John Benson's CWGC headstone at his grave in St Cuthbert Churchyard Lorton Cumbria
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This is a photo of John Benson's family headstone in St Cuthbert Churchyard Lorton Cumbria
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From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 200 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LORTON (ST. CUTHBERT) CHURCHYARD Cumberland, United Kingdom
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