Bombardier Lester Gordon Benstead (1891-1916)

Bombardier Lester Gordon Benstead Veteran

Birth

13 Jun 1891

Docking, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England

Death

13 Dec 1916 (aged 25)

Demuin, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France

Burial

Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension

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II. B. 13.

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He was the son of Ephraim and Rosanna Benstead of South Creake, Church End, Fakenham, Norfolk.

Lester served as a Bombardier in the 152nd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
He was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme.

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6940 Bombardier
L.G. BENSTEAD
Royal Garrison Artillery
13th December 1916 Age 25

Gone But Not Forgotten

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