Wheatley
Within in a St Mary's Church, St Marys Road, Wheatley is a chapel of remembrance with a small dedicatory plaque that reads:
IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOMAS MILNES & SIDNEY BENSON CHURCHWARDENS AND BENEFACTORS AND OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939 - 1945 THIS CHAPEL WAS DEDICATED FEB. 1ST 1953
IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOMAS MILNES & SIDNEY BENSON CHURCHWARDENS AND BENEFACTORS AND OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939 - 1945 THIS CHAPEL WAS DEDICATED FEB. 1ST 1953
Thomas Milnes
Sidney Benson
Sidney Benson
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Thomas Milnes
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Sydney Benson (800596)
Warrant Officer Class II - Royal Artillery - 133 Field Regt.
20 June 1945 , aged 39
Born in Auckland, Durham in Q3 1905
Son of Robert and Barbara Benson.
In 1911 family lived at 4 Greenwells Garth Coundon near Bishop Auckland. His mother died when he was 4 and father when he was 12
Lived at 44 Wharton St, Caundon, nr Bishop Auckland
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Died in Germany about six weeks after VE Day
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Sydney Benson (800596)
Warrant Officer Class II - Royal Artillery - 133 Field Regt.
20 June 1945 , aged 39
Born in Auckland, Durham in Q3 1905
Son of Robert and Barbara Benson.
In 1911 family lived at 4 Greenwells Garth Coundon near Bishop Auckland. His mother died when he was 4 and father when he was 12
Lived at 44 Wharton St, Caundon, nr Bishop Auckland
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Died in Germany about six weeks after VE Day
