Private 3123 Fergus John BENSON

Private 3123 Fergus John Benson{gallery}Pte F J Benson{/gallery}1st / 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Killed in action by shell fire at La Sars, France and Flanders, 27th November 1916 aged 20

• Buried: Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
• He enlisted in Coventry and landed in France on 25 Jun 1915.
• Awarded 1914/5 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William H. Benson of 13 Charles Street, Wolverhampton, formerly of Stretton Wharf
• NNWFHS memorial: Monks Kirby and Stretton-under-Fosse
  

Links to relevant information
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• CWGC Page for Private Benson
• NNWFHS Monks Kirby and Stretton-under-Fosse War Memorial Page
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• Warlencourt British Cemetery

1911 census and family history information

• Born March qtr 1896
• Living with his widowed father and siblings at 23 All Saints Lane, Coventry [1901]
• Left his effects to stepmother Amy Benson [Army Register of Effects]

His Platoon Officer wrote… He met his death instantaneously by explosion of a shell. A splendid soldier a cheerful little hero whom they highly esteemed and in whom they had  great confidence.