WORLD WAR 1 - DEATHS

On a stone tablet on the wall:

TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN PROUD & HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

Private 129408, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Died Between 4 and 7 September 1916. Aged 22. Born 29 July 1894 in Middlesboro, Yorkshire. Son of William Henry and Fannie Benson-Brown, of The Vicarage, Woodhall Spa, Lincs. Educated at Horncastle Grammar School. Rancher by trade. Enlisted 17 September 1915 at Vancouver, Canada, passed fit 8 June 1915. Height 5 feet 10½ inches, girth 36 inches, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair light brown; religion Church of England. Buried in SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2, Somme, France. Plot XXIV. Row O. Grave 1. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1167 - 3

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD & LOVING MEMORY OF
LANGTON BENSON-BROWN
72ND SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA.
ELDEST SON OF THE
REV. & MRS. W.H. BENSON-BROWN
OF
BUCKNALL RECTORY

HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING & COUNTRY,
AND FOR THE HONOUR OF HIS REGIMENT AT
MOUQUET FARM, FRANCE
SEPTEMBER 6TH 1916, AGED 22 YEARS
“WE THANK OUR GOD UPON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU.”