BORN MOLESCROFT, YORKS 1894. SON OF GEORGE (1866-1953) & MARGARET DUNN, OF BEVERLEY AND 21, ARTHUR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARM FOREMAN. HE WORKED AS A HORSEMAN ON A FARM. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, WATSON DUNN WHO WORKED WITH HIM.
ENLISTED BEVERLEY. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 26/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE 1ST COLDSTREAM GUARDS, IN FRANCE. REPORTED WOUNDED, MISSING & PRESUMED KILLED, ON 22/12/1914, AGED 20.
HE IS RECORDED IN THE DE RUVIGNEY, ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 2, PAGE, 108.
First name:
BENSON
Regiment:
Military Number:
11153
Rank:
Private
Date Died
22/12/1914
Place died:
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de calais, France
Age:
20
