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Pte. Edwin J. Benbow
British Army 1st Btn. Irish Guards
from:Dublin
(d.18th May 1915)
Edwin John Benbow was born in 1886 in Dublin. He served with 1st Btn. of The Irish Guards and was involved in the Battle of Festubert on 18th May 1915 where he lost his life in a fierce battle. On that day the Battalion suffered greatly.
He is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial in France.