Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916.
BENSON, HUGH CECIL, Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, elder son of Cecil Benson, of 35, Bedford Square, W.C., by his wife, Constance, daughter of George Bernard O'Neill; b. at 16, Young Street, Kensington Square, W., 3 July, 1883; was educated at Eton, and afterwards became an Architect. On the declaration of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was given a commission in the Rifle Brigade, 30 Dec. 1914. He went to the Western Front with his Regiment, 20 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 22 June following; unmarried.
BENSON, HUGH CECIL, Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, elder son of Cecil Benson, of 35, Bedford Square, W.C., by his wife, Constance, daughter of George Bernard O'Neill; b. at 16, Young Street, Kensington Square, W., 3 July, 1883; was educated at Eton, and afterwards became an Architect. On the declaration of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was given a commission in the Rifle Brigade, 30 Dec. 1914. He went to the Western Front with his Regiment, 20 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 22 June following; unmarried.
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916.
BENSON, HUGH CECIL, Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, elder son of Cecil Benson, of 35, Bedford Square, W.C., by his wife, Constance, daughter of George Bernard O'Neill; b. at 16, Young Street, Kensington Square, W., 3 July, 1883; was educated at Eton, and afterwards became an Architect. On the declaration of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was given a commission in the Rifle Brigade, 30 Dec. 1914. He went to the Western Front with his Regiment, 20 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 22 June following; unmarried.
BENSON, HUGH CECIL, Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, elder son of Cecil Benson, of 35, Bedford Square, W.C., by his wife, Constance, daughter of George Bernard O'Neill; b. at 16, Young Street, Kensington Square, W., 3 July, 1883; was educated at Eton, and afterwards became an Architect. On the declaration of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was given a commission in the Rifle Brigade, 30 Dec. 1914. He went to the Western Front with his Regiment, 20 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 22 June following; unmarried.
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Note from GN: 9th Bn. Rifle Brigade. 22nd June 1915. Son of Cecil and Constance Benson
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