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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Atcham
• Land Shropshire, England
• Family Son of Jonathan and Sarah Benbow, of Attingham Home Farm, nr. Shrewsbury; three sisters

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Shrewsbury
• Service number 5535
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st/5th Bn. South Lancashire Regiment
• Other data related to military career He joined up early by lying about his age;
  Formerly 2427, King'S Shropshire L.I.

Death

• Wounded 17 October
• Type of wounds Died of wounds in chest and both arms, in n°10 CCS
• Died at the age of 18
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery X - B - 37

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