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William Gardner Benzie

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant William Gardner Benzie

April 9, 1917

Military Service


Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Division:

8th Bn.

Additional Information


Native of Glasgow. Brother of Mrs. Lizzie L. Cherry, North Broomhill, Glasgow.

Commemorated on Page 575 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. H. 3.

Location:

Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of June 10, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y157uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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