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Able Seaman HARRY BENTON

Service Number: 208598
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Alert"

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XXI. B. 19.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and E. E. Benton, of 29, Scrivens Buildings, Crown Lane, Hastings, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription SO WHENE'ER IN DEATH I SLUMBER LET ME RISE WITH THE WISE COUNTED IN THEIR NUMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

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