Corporal 10724 George BENN

B Battery, 108th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Killed in action in the Battle of the St Quentin, France and Flanders, 21st March 1918, aged 21

  • Buried: Saulcourt Churchyard Extension, Somme, France. Grave C.35/36
  • Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  • Son of William and Harriet Benn [nee Smart]
  • Brother of Private 41825 Harry Benn
  • NNWFHS Memoria – none known

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1911 Census and Family History Information

  • Born 8 Aug 1896 and baptised as Herbert George Benn 29 Nov 1896 at Attleborough
  • Lived at Whitestone Cottages, Attleborough [1911]
  • Employed as a farm labourer [1911]
  • Enlisted at Nuneaton.