W. A. G. Benson
Service no. 634829
Private, London Regiment, “A” Coy. 20th Battalion; formerly TR?10/108398, 23rd T.R. Battalion
Killed in action on 1 September 1918, aged 19
Son of William Albert and Rose Louisa Benson, of 34 Willington Road, Stockwell
Remembered at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France
Information from the 1911 census
William Albert George Benson, who was 11 in 1911, lived with his family in 5 rooms at 4 Tandridge Place, Stockwell, SW9 (Tandridge Place has now disappeared – I think it was in the area of Clapham North tube). William’s father, William Albert Benson, 36, was a carman (transporting grain and manure), born in Bermondsey. His mother, Rose Louisa Benson, 38, was from Sydenham. The children on the census were
Eleanor E. A. Benson, 14, born in Bermondsey
William A. G. Benson, 11
Frederick C. E. Benson, 9, born in Bermondsey
Rose L. Benson, 4, born in Clapham
Jessie V. Benson, 2, born in Clapham
