Benson R C Pte PS/4591 20th Royal Fusiliers. Photo taken on 4th Jan 1915. Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives. Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial
Benson Reginald Charles Pte PS/4591 20th Royal Fusiliers.
Born 31st Jan 1894 Egremont, Cheshire. Parents Charles and Emily Benson.
Enlisted 20th Royal Fusiliers 18th Sep 1914.
Discharged as medically unfit
Enlisted as air mechanic in Royal Flying Corps. Commissioned 7th Nov 1917.
Killed in flying action at Upavon, Wiltshire 11th May 1918.
Buried in St Mary’s Churchyard, Harmondsworth, Middlesex.