Husband of Mary Ellen Benyon, of 27, Bridgewater Street, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Joined August 1916 as Private 8574, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Served as a despatch rider. Died from shell fragment wounds to the abdomen and shock.
Benyon, George Edmund –
Personal details
- Surname: Benyon
- Forename: George Edmund
- Date of birth: February 27th, 1889
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Little Hulton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 29
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: September 3rd, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Gunner
- Unit: 55th Company.
- Service number: 63467
- Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Manchester, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Little Hulton Cenotaph - Little Hulton
- St. Paul's (Peel) C.E. Church Brass Memorial Plaques - Little Hulton
- CWGC Memorial: Pernes British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: VI. A. 8.
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 20/09/1918 27/12/1918