Basic Details
Surname
Benson
Forenames
Joe John
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
25729
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 57 Taverner's Road.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Bedfords
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
4th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not stated
Year of death
1917
Month of death
October
Day of death
30
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in action 30th October 1917 in France"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action