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Wounded In Normandy
Pte. W. D. Benson
Service No.
3191261
Company:
Unknown
Original Regiment joined- (Based on their Service No).
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
Date Wounded:
Friday, 16 June 1944
Details of wounds - (Based on War Diary etc.)
Possibly wounded by enemy Spandau (MG42) fire
William Douglas Benson was born in 1918 in Penicuik, Scotland. His Mother's maiden name was Tait.
He married Elizabeth Gordon MacDonald in 1942 in Penicuik.
He was discharged from the Army in February 1945 as a Corporal.
William died in 1984 at the age of 65.
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