Lives of the First World War

Source information

ID: 7633813

Reference: ADM196

Title: Royal Navy Officers: 1899 - 1919

Description: The Royal Navy Officers records contain the complete service histories of around 18,000 Royal Navy officers who served with the Royal Navy between 1899 and 1919.

UPP: GBM/ADM196/22174/1

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 9538469

Name: Plymouth Naval Memorial

Title: CWGC

Description: Captain BACK, GEOFFREY ROBERT BENSLY Died 29/05/1941 Aged 47 H.M.S. Orion. Royal Navy Twice Mentioned in Despatches Son of the Revd. and Mrs. A. J. Back; husband of Olive Back, of Emsworth, Hampshire.

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URL: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2475006/back,-geoffrey-robert-bensly/
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Additional: Matches full name, military rank and date of death.

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ID: 9538476

Reference: gbm_rnomr_1914

Title: Royal Navy Officers Medal Roll 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBM/RNO/1035

Additional: Matches full name, date of death and military rank.

Credit: © The National Archives

Source information

ID: 9538480

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/B/1894/2/AZ/000021/229

Additional: Matches full name and year of birth.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9538481

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: GBC/1901/0013798541

Additional: Matches full name, year and county of birth.

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 9538485

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

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UPP: BMD/M/1918/3/AZ/000048/024

Additional: Matches name and name of spouse according to the CWGC.

Credit: © General Register Office

Source information

ID: 9538487

Reference: bl_ers_avl_ImageUppId

Title: Britain Absent voters lists 1918-1921 Image

Connected by: Jonathan101862

UPP: BL/ER/D38/FMP000000656/0189

Additional: Matches full name.

Credit: © British Library

Source information

ID: 9538570

Name: Edited by Gordon Smith, Naval-History.Net

Title: HMS ORION - Leander-class Light Cruiser

Description: History of H.M.S. Orion.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-06CL-Orion.htm
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Additional: May 29th 1941 "came under dive-bombing air attacks from daylight until about 100 miles from Alexandria. 100 members of the ship’s company were killed and 260 troops with 28 troops wounded.)

Source information

ID: 9538646

Name: Captain Geoffrey Robert Bensly Back, H.M.S. Orion, March 20th 1941

Title: The War in the Mediterranean, Matapan

Description: Originally published in the LIFE Magazine 16th June 1941, accessed through Google Books.

Connected by: Jonathan101862

URL: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kkwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=Captain+Geoffrey+Robert+Bensly+Back&source=bl&ots=voTkWnX3TV&sig=ACfU3U1YisSulh86z9ShOA9PqhfKGB9c0Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjX8KDE967gAhUHQhUIHRE9CFIQ6AEwDXoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=Captain%20Geoffrey%20Robert%20Bensly%20Back&f=false
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Additional: Matches full name and Captain of H.M.S. Orion.

Source information

ID: 9538686

Title: H.M.S. Orion

Description: Beam View. Part of the IWM Admiralty Official Collection, Catalogue Number A 18771

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Source information

ID: 9538703

Name: D.A. Babb to E.W.J. Bankes

Title: Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945

Description: Please scroll down to Back, Geoffrey Robert Bensly 22.02.1894 Smallburgh, Norfolk to 29.05.1941 (KIA) [age 47] [Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 44, column 2] "

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URL: http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersB.html
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Additional: Matches full name and dates of birth and death.

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