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Military service
Service number:
55571
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
19th Bn.
Birth:
February 8, 1891
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 25, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Enclosure No.4 I. G. 2.
Digital gallery of Private James Benson
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Memorial
Today the 1914-1918 war memorial plaque for Massey Harris Company is located on the outside of their former head office at King Street West, Toronto, Ontario. Pte. James Benson's name is included on the list of men employed at the Verity Plow Co. Ltd., Brantford, Ontario. -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture
Digital gallery of
Private James Benson
Digital gallery of
Private James Benson
Digital gallery of
Private James Benson
Digital gallery of
Private James Benson
Digital gallery of
Private James Benson
Digital gallery of
Private James Benson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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