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Lance Serjeant JOHN FREDERICK BENHAM

Service Number: 8763
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XXI. J. 15.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. J. J. H. and Mrs. E. Benham, of 56, Nesbit St., Homerton, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY SON
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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