Benson Edgar Thomas Pte 5339141
Personnel Entry
[[Image:|thumb|alt=Sergeant E T Benson - Corps of Military Police in India.|Sergeant E T Benson - Corps of Military Police in India.]]
Name Benson Edgar Thomas
Army number 5339141
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 7/4/1920 at Newbury, Berkshire.
Age (At time of death) Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1/5/1939. 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.
Company/Battery Probably HQ Company in 6th Royal Berkshires.
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.
Joined Brigade 30/6/1944.
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.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
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.
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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.
