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Revision as of 17:39, 22 May 2018
Captain Richard Stoddart Benson, D.S.O. (8 September, 1892 – 21 January, 1940) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Benson was killed along with his entire crew while in command of H.M.S. Exmouth when she was torpedoed in January, 1940.
See Also
Bibliography
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| Preceded by Cecil R. E. W. Perryman |
Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla ? – 30 Jul, 1937[1] |
Succeeded by Harold Hickling |
Footnotes
- ↑ "8th Flotilla Command" The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 30, 1937; pg. 10; Issue 47750.
