18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Violet Joyce Webb    
       Also known as: Joyce Violet Benson 1
                Born: 28 Jul 1908          in Herefordshire  2,3 (see note 1)
             Resided: 1939                 in Herefordshire  3
          Occupation: 1939                 Secretary to Corn & Seed Merchant  3
             Resided: 1947 - 1955          at Red House, 50 High Street, Trumpington  1 (see note 2)
             Resided: 1956 - 1957          at 87 High Street, Trumpington  1
                Died: 1985                 in Cambridge  4 (see note 3)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Ernest Ryan Benson     
             Married: 1940                 in Herefordshire  2 (see note 4)
                Born: 13 Aug 1911          in Gloucestershire  2,3 (see note 5)
             Resided: 1939                 in Great Abington, Cambridgeshire  3
          Occupation: 1939                 Seed Traveller  3
            Military: 3 Sep 1939 - 26 Feb 1946 Wing Commander R.A.F.  5 (see note 6)
             Resided: 1947 - 1955          at Red House, 50 High Street, Trumpington  1
                Died: 1962                 in Cambridge  2 (see note 7)
              Father:
              Mother:

Sources:
(1) Electoral Register. 
(2) FreeBMD website. 
(3) 1939 Register. 
(4) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(5) British Legion (Trumpington branch) application forms. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Sep 1908 Ross 6a 458
Note (2) Joyce Benson
Note (3) Apr 1985 Cambridge 9 639   born 28 Jul 1908
Note (4) Mar 1940 Ross 6a 1791
Note (5) Dec 1911 Gloucester 6a 511   mothers surname Bickers
Note (6) 87650 D.S.O. D.F.C. & Bar
Note (7) Dec 1962 Cambridge 4a 225   age 51

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