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Pte. Benjamin Whitworth
British Army 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Benjamin Whitworth was born in Wigan, Lancashire in 1895 and moved to Sheffield shortly after. He was employed for six years at Samuel Osbourn Works in Sheffield.
In March 1915 he enlisted at Attercliffe, Sheffield in the British Army, joining 7th Battalion of The East Yorkshire Regiment and was sent to France in July 1915.He was killed on 1st July 1916 in the "Big Push" at the Battle of the Somme aged 21, and is buried in Fricourt New Cemetery.