William R. Bennion

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details

  • Born 1874
  • Next of kin - Mrs Elizabeth Bennion (wife), 1 Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch
  • Civilian occupation - Builder's labourer

Military Details

Regiment : King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Labour Corps
Rank : Corporal, Private
Service Number : 11691, 42444

  • 31/12/1914 Enlisted with King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 3rd Battalion
  • 00/05/1915 Embarked for France
  • 00/00/0000 Put in 2nd Battalion
  • 15/06/1917 Transferred to 119 Labour Company
  • 00/00/0000 Transferred to 86 Labour Company
  • 30/07/1918 Gunshot wound to back
  • 18/08/1918 Sick
  • 21/10/1918 Oswestry
  • 30/11/1918 Embarked Folkestone, disembarked Boulogne
  • 28/02/1919 Discharged from Prees Heath

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