WILLIAM+BENBOW

Benbow, William Edward, Private, 3081, 1st/5th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Born Appleby, Leicestershire Enlisted Melbourne, Derbyshire Resided Burton on Trent, Staffordshire Died of wounds 1st August 1915 aged 20 Son of Edward Matthew Benbow, of Church St., Hartshorne, Burton-on-Trent. Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, I, D, 11A

1911 Census No occupation stated Son of Edward, a farm waggoner, and Annie Benbow, of The Hollow, Thornton, Leicestershire