Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Cain, of 496, Bury Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted March 1915. Formerly Corporal 4071, 2nd/5th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Cain, Benjamin –
Personal details
- Surname: Cain
- Forename: Benjamin
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 29th, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Corporal
- Unit: 2nd/4th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 241834
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: M.M.
Memorials
- Breightmet United Reform Church Memorial Cross
- St. James's (Breightmet) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: Panel 7.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 19/03/1915 13/07/1917 20/09/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7g 6c 6c/g*
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 13/07/1917