18 Aug 2023
Wife: Mabel Bessie Parfey
Born: 22 Sep 1898 in Cambridge 1,2 (see note 1) Census: 1911 in Cambridge (see note 2) Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 1 Died: 1983 in Cambridge 3 (see note 3) Father: Mother:
Husband: Sidney Frank Benton Married: 1921 in Cambridge 2 (see note 4)
Born: 7 Jul 1896 in Cambridge 1 Census: 1911 at 11a Alpha Terrace, Trumpington (see note 5) Occupation: 1911 Gardener Military: 1914 - 1918 4 (see note 6) Resided: 1919 - 1922 at 11a Alpha Terrace, Trumpington 5 Resided: 1939 in Cambridge 1 Occupation: 1939 Railway Goods Checker 1 Died: 1979 in Cambridge 3 (see note 7) Father: David Benton (1862 - 1935) Mother: Elizabeth Ann Fuller (1868 - 1936) Media link: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/312843 Media desc: Lives of the First World War
M Child 1: Eric Peter Benton Birth name: Peter Eric Benton Born: 1932 in Cambridge 2 (see note 8) Resided: 1980 - 2018 at 1 The Brambles, Trumpington Member: 1988 - 2017 Trumpington Allotment Society 6 Died: 2018 7 (see note 9) Wife: Living b. (details excluded)
Sources: (1) 1939 Register. (2) FreeBMD website. (3) Index on ancestry.co.uk. (4) Roll of Honour, in Trumpington Village Hall. (5) Electoral Register. (6) Trumpington Allotment Society records. (7) GRO index.
Event Notes Note (1) Dec 1898 Cambridge 3b 477 Note (2) Age 12, born Cambridge, with family Note (3) Sep 1983 Cambridge 9 0811 born 22 Sep 1898 Note (4) Jun 1921 Cambridge 3b 1068 Note (5) Age 15, born Cambridge St Pauls, with family. Gardener (domestic) Note (6) Cambridge Chronicle 25 Oct 1916 p6 has: Trumpington men. Pte. S. Benton, wounded in the left arm, admitted to Brighton Hospital Note (7) Mar 1979 Cambridge 9 0994 born 7 Jul 1896 Note (8) Peter Eric Benton: Jun 1932 Cambridge 3b 607 mothers surname Parfey Note (9) Eric Peter Benton: Cambridgeshire born 1932 Copyright © Trumpington Local History Group 2023 Email TLHG Return to TLHG introduction page Name Index