Lieutenant Colonel
BORN LONDON 04/10/1862. FOURTH SON OF GENERAL, HENRY ROXBY BENSON, OF THE 17TH LANCERS. RICHARD ERLE BENSON, WAS COMMANDER OF THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE JOINED THE REGIMENT AS A YOUNG OFFICER, ON 14/05/1884, RISING THROUGH THE OFFICER RANKS. HE WAS WELL KNOWN IN HULL AND OFTEN LED RECRUITMENT MARCHES AROUND THE CITY. HE SERVED […]
BORN HULL 1894. ENLISTED AT BARRY, GLAMORGAN. SERVED AS A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SERVED IN FRANCE, FROM 11/05/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/05/1917, AGED 23. BURIED AT ATHIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW, MARGARET JAMES, LIVING AT 21 GWENDOLINE STREET, CARDIFF. (PENS […]
