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S/Lt. William Francis Benson
Royal Navy Drake Btn.
from:Dublin
(d.8th Oct 1918)
William Benson was the son of Mary Jane Benson, of 46, Reuben Avenue, South Circular Rd., Dublin, and William Benson.
He served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve's Drake Battalion. He was killed in action at Niergnies (Cambrai) in October 1918 aged 23, and is buried in Cambrai East Military Cemetery.