We remember Benjamin Dark

We remember Benjamin Dark

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Timeline

Timeline

1883
birth Birmingham, Warwickshire United Kingdom Source:8854744 1883
1885
sibling Elizabeth Dark Source:8854819 1885
1886
sibling Leah Dark Source:8854819 1886
1888
sibling Alice Dark Source:8854819 1888
1891
sibling Arthur Dark Source:8854820 1891
1892
sibling Leonard Dark Source:8854820 1892
1898
sibling Albert Dark Source:8854820 1898
1901
employment Carriage Lamp Maker Aston, Warwickshire United Kingdom Source:8854820 1901
1911
employment Tinsmith Coventry, Warwickshire United Kingdom Source:8854822 1911
1914
service British Army Private 201317 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion-Territorial Source:8854788 1914 - 11th February 1916
1916
service Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Royal Air Factory, Farnborough Source:8854744 1916 - 24th August 1917
1917
death Verdict of Coroner's Jury: "Took his own life by hanging during temporary fit of insanity." Sonning, Berkshire United Kingdom Source:8854747 Source:8854744 24th August 1917
burial Sonning (st. Andrew) Churchyard CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Berkshire United Kingdom Source:8854747

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Benjamin
Initials B
Last Name Dark
Source 8854743
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Other Empire Force Royal Air Factory, Farnborough Munitions Worker
British Army 201317 Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion-Territorial Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Fanny mother
Benjamin Dark father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Elizabeth Dark sister 1885
Alice Dark sister 1888
Leah Dark sister 1886
Arthur Dark brother 1891
Leonard Dark brother 1892
Albert Dark brother 1898

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Sharon36563
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Sharon36563
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription Sharon36563
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription Sharon36563
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Kristen1288
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Kristen1288
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Kristen1288
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Kristen1288

External Evidence

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A Sonning Tragedy Kristen1288
Lives of the First World War - Leonard Dark Kristen1288

Multimedia

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Men at work at Farnborough Kristen1288

Stories

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