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{{Personnel
|id=2922
|Surname and forenames=Gordon Benjamin
|Army number=4455692
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Age=26
|Unit=11 DLI
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, Husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Surname and forenames=Gordon Benjamin
 |Army number=4455692
-|Rank=L/Cpl
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1913/14.
-|Age=26
+|Age=26 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Listed as MISSING 11/5/40, 31/5/40, 20/6/40.  Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940 at Ficheux.
-|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Benjamin's remains were temporarily interred in the village of Ficheux before being moved to the CWGC Cemetery (further work will be done on this to clarify dates etc).  Buried Special Memorial Plot Number 8. Row J. Grave 1. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Benjamin's remains were temporarily interred in the village of Ficheux before being moved to the CWGC Cemetery (further work will be done on this to clarify dates etc).  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.
 |Image Name=Gordon_B_4455692.JPG

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 |Date of birth=Born County Durham 1913/14.
 |Age=26
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly Spring 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served BEF.  Listed MISSING 11/5/40, 31/5/40, 20/6/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on embodiment. Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Listed as MISSING 11/5/40, 31/5/40, 20/6/40.  Presumed to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940 at Ficheux.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Benjamin's remains were temporarily interred in the village of Ficheux before being moved to the CWGC Cemetery (further work will be done on this to clarify dates etc).  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.
 |Image Name=Gordon_B_4455692.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
-|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Gordon_B_4455692.JPG
 |Image Title=L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
 |Home address=Resident of County Durham.  Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=4455692
 |Rank=L/Cpl
 |Age=26
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn. Listed MISSING 11/5/40, 31/5/40, 20/6/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly Spring 1939.  Posted ? 8th Bn DLI.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served BEF.  Listed MISSING 11/5/40, 31/5/40, 20/6/40.  Presumed KILLED in ACTION 20/5/1940.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Home address=Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, Husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row J. Grave 1. Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}