Benson Edgar Thomas Pte 5339141 - Revision history

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	DLI records make no mention of a transfer to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) but Military Police records show this man as having come from there. A batch of men from the 11th DLI were included in that transfer and it seems Edgar may have been one of them. He Page has been transferred from the "possible" section of the database to the 11th Battalion Page.		DLI records make no mention of a transfer to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) but Military Police records show this man as having come from there. A batch of men from the 11th DLI were included in that transfer and it seems Edgar may have been one of them. He Page has been transferred from the "possible" section of the database to the 11th Battalion Page.
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		+	Thanks are due to family members and subscribers to Ancestry.co.uk for additional information and images.

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	[[File:E_T_Benson.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Edgar Benson as a Lance Corporal]]		[[File:E_T_Benson.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Edgar Benson as a Lance Corporal]]
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		+	[[File:Group_of_Sergeants..JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|A group of Sergeants including Edgar]]
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		+	[[File:Family_group.jpg\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|A family group including Edgar]]

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−	[[E_T_Benson.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Edgar Benson as a Lance Corporal]]	+	[[File:E_T_Benson.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Edgar Benson as a Lance Corporal]]

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−	[[~~File:File:E_T_Benson.JPG/675px-~~E_T_Benson.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Edgar Benson as a Lance Corporal]]	+	[[E_T_Benson.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Edgar Benson as a Lance Corporal]]

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−	[[File:E_T_Benson.JPG/675px-E_T_Benson.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|~~Edgae~~ Benson as a Lance Corporal]]	+	[[File:File:E_T_Benson.JPG/675px-E_T_Benson.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Edgar Benson as a Lance Corporal]]

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	DLI records make no mention of a transfer to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) but Military Police records show this man as having come from there. A batch of men from the 11th DLI were included in that transfer and it seems Edgar may have been one of them. He Page has been transferred from the "possible" section of the database to the 11th Battalion Page.		DLI records make no mention of a transfer to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) but Military Police records show this man as having come from there. A batch of men from the 11th DLI were included in that transfer and it seems Edgar may have been one of them. He Page has been transferred from the "possible" section of the database to the 11th Battalion Page.
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		+	[[File:E_T_Benson.JPG/675px-E_T_Benson.JPG\|800px\|thumb\|centre\|Edgae Benson as a Lance Corporal]]

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 |Army number=5339141
 |Rank=Private.
-|Date of birth=7/4/1920.
+|Date of birth=7/4/1920 at Hungerford, Berkshire.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1/5/1939 at Newbury.  Posted to the 4th Battalion.  Transferred to the 6th Battalion (duplicate of the 4th Battalion) probably on 1/9/1939.  Served in Northern Ireland.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 30/6/1944. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Records to York 18/8/1944.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the Cameronians - exact date not known but probably as part of a group transfer on 11th November 1944 following the disbandment of the Brigade and the three Battalions.  Transferred to the Corps of Military Police 13/1/1945.  Posted overseas.  Served with CMP in India. Returned to the UK.  Granted Class A Release 11/6/1946.
 |Joined Brigade=30/6/1944.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died aged 71 in January 1992 in Berkshire.
-|Home address=Married in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.  His wife was Mrs M K Benson who lived at 9, Haig Villas, Bullygarth Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
+|Home address=Father Thomas Benson, mother Beatrice Ada Cummins (Brooks).  Married in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.  His wife was Mrs Mathilda Kennedy Benson (nee Evans) who lived at 9, Haig Villas, Bullygarth Road, Coleraine, Northern Ireland during Edgar's service.  The couple lived in Berkshire after the War.
 |Source table=PBM
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Age=(At time of death) Not yet known.
+|Age=71 at the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=Probably HQ Company in 6th Royal Berkshires.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Pioneer Platoon in 6th Royal Berkshires from February 1941.

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 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Pioneer Platoon in 6th Royal Berkshires from February 1941.
 |Task or role=Carpenter and joiner.  He worked as a carpenter in civilian life and attended an Army Carpenter's Course in December 1939 and a Field Engineering Course in May 1940.  He was graded as a Carpenter B III on 11/12/1939, upgraded to B II on 21/1/1941 and B I on 26/7/1943.
-|Promotions=First appointed Unpaid Lance Corporal in the Corps of Military Police 13/1/1945.  Unpaid Acting Lance Corporal 29/7/1945.  War Substantive Corporal 26/10/1945.  Acting Sergeant 24/9/1945.
+|Promotions=First appointed Unpaid Lance Corporal in the Corps of Military Police 13/1/1945.  Unpaid Acting Lance Corporal 29/7/1945.  War Substantive Corporal 26/10/1945.  Acting Sergeant 24/9/1945.  He completed the Rifle War Course on 6/5/1944, gaining a 2nd Class rating, and the Bren War Course on 21/6/1944 - gaining a 3rd Class rating.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.

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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
-|Image Name=
+|Image Name=E_T_Benson_in_RMP.JPG
 |Image Title=Sergeant E T Benson - Corps of Military Police in India.
 }}
-}}
+DLI records make no mention of a transfer to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) but Military Police records show this man as having come from there.  A batch of men from the 11th DLI were included in that transfer and it seems Edgar may have been one of them.  He Page has been transferred from the "possible" section of the database to the 11th Battalion Page.
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 DLI records make no mention of a transfer to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) but Military Police records show this man as having come from there.