Memorial

Major General Sir F W Benson

Source: Copyright Mike Guttridge

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Current Location

St Michael and All Angels Church, Thorne Close, off Homington Lane, Coombe Bissett, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 4LR, England

SU 10808 26324

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 23892
Description: Wall mounted, landscape oriented, nowy-headed engraved brass plaque. Crossed Union and Canadian flags with a Latin cross at top centre. A three-lined border with the centre line broadest, encloses the cross and flags design together with the inscription. Black text, borders and cross.
Inscription: + / IN MEMORY OF / MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM BENSON K.C.B. / COLONEL 21ST. (EMPRESS OF INDIA'S) LANCERS / HONORARY COLONEL . 19TH LINCOLN REGIMENT (CANADA) / HONORARY COLONEL . 106TH WINNIPEG LIGHT INFANTRY / CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH / BORN 2ND AUGUST 1849 - DIED ON DUTY IN CANADA 20TH AUGUST 1916 / + PRO PATRIA + / ALSO OF / CAROLINE, / WIDOW OF ABOVE / WHO DIED 8TH FEBRUARY 1924

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, title, forenames, surname, honours, other rank, primary regiment, honorary ranks, other regiments, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death, relationships
Order of names: Rank, title, forenames, surname, honours, other rank, primary regiment, honorary ranks, other regiments, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death, relationships

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good