Lieutenant Samuel Percy Benson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Benson,
Samuel Percy
Date of birth: 1887-11-06
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Matilda Benson, mother, 137 Cowan Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Jewellry Engraver
Occupation (normalized): Engraver and Etcher (Artistic)
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 7.C.26
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 186508
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(78th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Sergeant (Army).
- Lieutenant, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army). ? to 1917-04-09
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge
Commemoration location: Augustine Church First World War Memorial, Winnipeg, Manitoba
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 2954376
LAC ID:
39037
Service file: B0662-S049
Uploader's Notes:
Served with 34th Regiment, Fort Garry Horse as Quarter Master Sergeant.
Previously reported wounded and missing, now reported Killed in Action.
This officer was killed by enemy shell fire, during the engagement on VIMY RIDGE.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of his death are from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database. [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 90th Battalion Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2012-12-17
Last modified: 2014-06-23