Gordon Benjamin L/Cpl 4455692

Personnel Entry

L/Cpl B Gordon's CWGC headstone.

Name Gordon Benjamin
Army number 4455692
Rank Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born County Durham 1913/14.
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.
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.
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.
Home address Resident of County Durham. Son of Benjamin and Isabel Gordon, husband of Lily Gordon, Stanley.
Source table 11DLI