World War I Roll of Honour - The Clove Club Hackney Downs School

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Benson, William Roy Gwyn. HDS: 18.09.06 - -. 07.10: DoB 16.03.95. Father: Bank Manager. Home: 1 High Street, Kingsland. Was on the Signalling Course on behalf of ‘E’ Coy in 1909. University and Public School Corps., Epsom (83/14). 2nd Lieut., 2Bn., 4th South Staffordshire Regiment (86/15) SECOND-LIEUTENANT WILLIAM ROY GWYN BENSON, South Staffordshire Regiment “He was always without fear, and always cheery, however uncomfortable the conditions and, as his death proves, no danger deterred him from doing his duty - or even exceeding it in his anxiety for the welfare of his men. He was loved by all.” These were the words used by a brother officer of Second-Lieutenant W.R.G.Benson in a letter of sympathy to the bereaved parents after his death, and they describe briefly but accurately, the true character of the gallant young soldier. He died on 2nd July, 1916, aged 21. He is buried in Cabaret-Rouge Cemetery, in Grave I-A-17. Second-Lieutenant William Roy Gwyn Benson was the eldest son of Mr.W.T.Benson, manager of the London and Provincial Bank, Pontypridd, previously of Ilford and London, N.E. Born near Cowbridge,South Wales, .March 16th, 1895, he was educated at this school (H.D.S.) and entered the service of the Standard Bank of South Africa in March, 1911. He was transferred to the Bank of Montreal in 1912, and served in its London Office for two years. He subsequently joined the Montreal Staff, sailing for Canada in May, 1914. On the outbreak of war, three months later, Benson returned at once to the Old Country. Before going abroad he had served - from 1912 to 1914 - as a trooper in the Westminster Dragoons, but on arriving in London in the middle of August. he found that his old Yeomanry Regiment was over-strength, and accordingly enlisted in the University and Public Schools Brigade of the Royal Fusiliers, where he quickly rose to the rank of Quartermaster-Sergeant. He obtained a commission in the South Staffordshire Regiment in May, 1915, and proceeded to the Front in the following October. He was acting Lewis Gun Officer at the time of his death, which took place at Vimy, July 2nd, and had brought his team to a high state of efficiency. On the night of July 2nd during a terrific shelling from the enemy, he left his own dug-out, and with his sergeant went round the front line trenches to visit his Lewis guns - to see that all his men were safe. While doing so he came across, in one of the trenches, a wounded sentry, who was half buried through the explosion of a shell, and was also pinned down by a box of ammunition. With the aid of another officer and the sergeant, Second-Lieutenant Benson helped to release the suffering man, but while they were doing so another shell burst over him, a piece entering his back, and he sank down unconscious. He was taken immediately to the Dressing Station but expired upon reaching it. (89/16) Information from the Bank of Montreal Roll of Honour by courtesy of Pam and Ken Linge, Northumberland.
Blackman, S. 2nd Lieut., Durham Light Infantry (83/14). 16th Battalion Durham Light Infantry (86/15). Blackman, S. Medical Unit, London University O.T.C. (87/16). Bland, W.C. Hammonds Cpl., 2nd Battalion. (83/14). 5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) (86/15). Cpl. Bland, of the L.R.B., has been invalided home with spotted fever and frost-bite. He is now happily recovered and is spending the remainder of his leave in addressing recruiting meetings in London. (85/15) Blaxland, Thomas. Machine Gun Section, Herts. Yeomanry (88/16). Bloomberg, H.P. Intermediate B.Sc. at London (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) 1913-1914. 2nd Lieut. 3/10th London Regiment (87/16) Visited School (93/18). See also reference under Lawrence, H.P.
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