James Albert Benyon

Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.

James (Albert) Benyon

Private No. 718262 (previously 371761) 23rd Battalion London Regiment

Died of wounds: France 9 May 1918. Age 34.

Buried in Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. II.C.8.

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Born in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1884.

Eldest son of Arthur and Elizabeth Benyon of High Street, Malpas.

Married Elizabeth White at St. Oswald's Church on  28 September 1914.

The 1911 Census shows James as a tailor.

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Rifleman A Benyon was listed among serving Malpas men in July 1915.

Death of Private J A Benyon reported in June 1918 – if the same man, then perhaps the name he used was the A rather than J?