Gordon Benjamin L/Cpl 4455692 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 16:03, 11 July 2023

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	\|Surname and forenames=Gordon Benjamin		\|Surname and forenames=Gordon Benjamin
	\|Army number=4455692		\|Army number=4455692
	\|Rank=~~L/Cpl~~		\|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
			\|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
			\|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
			\|Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
			\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
			\|Promotions=Lance Corporal.
			\|Wounded=No - apart from the injuries which caused his death.
			\|Prisoner of War=No.
			\|Rank=Lance Corporal.
	\|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1913/14.		\|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.		\|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.		\|Home address=Resident of County Durham. Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.
	\|Image Name=Gordon_B_4455692.JPG		\|Image Name=Gordon_B_4455692.JPG

70bgadmin at 15:28, 13 July 2020

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	\|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1913/14.		\|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1913/14.
	\|Age=26		\|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.		\|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 Name=Gordon_B_4455692.JPG
	\|Image Title=L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.		\|Image Title=L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

70bgadmin at 18:29, 18 April 2018

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	\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.		\|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
	\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.		\|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 Name=Gordon_B_4455692.JPG
	\|Image Title=L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.		\|Image Title=L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

70bgadmin at 11:25, 21 November 2016

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	\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.		\|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		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

70bgadmin at 14:54, 14 November 2016

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	\|Army number=4455692		\|Army number=4455692
	\|Rank=L/Cpl		\|Rank=L/Cpl
			\|Date of birth=Born County Durham 1913/14.
	\|Age=26		\|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.
			\|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		\|Source table=11DLI
	}}		}}

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	\|Rank=L/Cpl		\|Rank=L/Cpl
	\|Age=26		\|Age=26
	\|Unit=11 ~~DLI~~		\|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.
	\|Died/Killed in action=20~~/5/1940 00:00:00~~		\|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
	\|Home address=Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, Husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.		\|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.
	\|Source table=11DLI		\|Source table=11DLI
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|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
}}