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William Roy Gwyn Benson
In memory of:
Second Lieutenant William Roy Gwyn Benson
July 2, 1916
Military Service
21
Army
South Staffordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Additional Information
Son of W. T. and Mary Benson, of Pontypridd, Glam.
Commemorated on Page 570 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France
I. A. 17.
Souchez is a village in the Department of the Pas-De-Calais, 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. It lies in the valley of the Souchez river, between the Lorette Bridge to the west and Vimy Ridge to the east. The CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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