Benson, George Walter

BORN 16/03/1890. SON OF WALKER BENSON & MARY MEAR, OF 14, ABERCOMBE TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL. BROTHER TO ALBERT, JOHN, ARTHUR, GEORGE & CLARENCE.

HUSBAND OF AMY AMELIA BENSON & DAUGHTER, LUCY (BORN 14 FEB 1916). THEY LIVED AT 6 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL.

HE WAS A FISHERMAN. KILLED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION, AGED 26. BURIED AT SPRING BANK CEMETERY. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, 18/03/1918. HIS WIDOW WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 16 SHILLINGS, ON 21 SEPT 1916.


First name:
GEORGE WALTER
Military Number:
73 DA
Rank:
2nd Hand
Date Died
16/03/1916
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
26
6 MANCHESTER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK