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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| Home | Silver Badge, 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Not commemorated by the CWGC |
| Buried at Atch Lench Graveyard, Wychavon | ||
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 21 Nov 1915 | ~ | Salford Priors |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Died at home | 24 Sep 1914 at Birmingham | Wycliffe College |
| Place of Death | Previous Units | Military Service History |
| Bevington Hall, Salford Priors | 16th & 1/7th Battalions | 28 Aug 1917 - Discharged - No longer fit to serve |
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
Benjamin was discharged from the Army on 28 Aug 1917 having served in the trenches in France. His pension records state he had a nervous disability and family historians state the he also caught Dysentery and Tuberculosis and that his health steadily declined until his death in December 1917.| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 25 Aug 1891 Bevington Hall, Salford Priors | 13 Sep 1891 at Salford Priors |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Raymond and Evelyn Mary Bomford | Bevington Hall, Salford Priors |
| Schools | Colleges |
| 1905 to 1908 - Wycliffe College, Stonehouse | ~ |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1891 - Bevington Hall, Salford Priors | 1905 - Scholar |
| 1901 - Bevington Hall, Salford Priors | 1908 - Clerk in family business |
| 1905 - Wycliffe College, Stonehouse | 1911 - Clerk in family business |
| 1911 - Bevington Hall, Salford Priors | 1914 - Clerk in family business |
| 1914 - Bevington Hall, Salford Priors |
The Bomford Family History website mentions Benjamin:
"Benjamin, who died during the Great War 1914-18, was a very fine musician and a wonderful pianist and organist who used to play the organ at Dunnington Chapel. He enlisted as a Private in the Warwickshire Regiment but, after serving with his unit at the front in the trenches, was discharged on medical grounds with "dysentery". Dick believed that he probably contracted tuberculosis at a later date. Benjamin appears to have become steadily weaker after returning to Bevington and later died. He had been perfectly fit until the war, but some reports suggest that he was not a strong lad and should never really have been sent on active service, nor have been recruited into the Army".
