Benson, John Walker

BORN HULL 1895. ONLY SON OF RICHARD AND FAITH ELIZABETH BENSON, OF “DONEGAL”, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS. HIS FATHER WAS A NAVAL PENSIONER FROM DONAGAL, IRELAND. JOHN WORKED AS A DRAPER’S ERRAND BOY. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE TERRITORIAL FORCE.

ENLISTED HULL. TRANSFERRRED TO  THE 50TH DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN, RFA. DIED ON 04/11/1918, AGED 23, AT THE 12TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. BURIED FRANCE.


First name:
JOHN WALKER
Military Number:
771650
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
04/11/1918
Place died:
Busigny Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
23
"DONEGAL", COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK