Captain Benjamin Llewellyn Needham

Captain Benjamin L Needham, 2^nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, formerly QMS 5813

Killed in action in the Somme offensive 1^st Jul 1916, aged 35

• Named on the Thiepval Memorial
• Awarded: 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Jonathan and Catherine Needham
• NNWFHS Memorials: Coleshill, Coleshill Grammar School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC page for Capt Needham
• Thiepval Memorial
• NNWFHS Coleshill War Memorial Page
• Lincolnshire Regiment

Census and Family Information

• Born Jan qtr 1881 Meriden
• Married to Muriel Mary Hurst 2 Feb 1910
• Regular soldier Quarter Master Sergeant, Portsmouth [1911 census]
• Enlisted 1900, commissioned 1915
• Lived in Hounslow