3191841 Bombardier Robert BENSON, 2 Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery: 08/05/1943

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BENSON, ROBERT
Rank: Bombardier
Service No: 3191841
Date of Death: 08/05/1943
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Royal Artillery, 2 Maritime Regt.
Panel Reference: Panel 80, Column 3.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Robert and Agnes McLean Benson, of Glenluce, Wigtownshire

 

UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Name: Robert Benson
Death Date: 8 May 1943
Death Place: At Sea
Cemetery: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Burial or Cremation Place: Portsmouth, Portsmouth Unitary Authority, Hampshire, England
Has Bio?: Y
Father:
URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-...

UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name: Robert Benson
Given Initials: R
Rank: Bombardier
Death Date: 8 May 1943
Number: 3191841
Birth Place: Wigtownshire
Residence: Wigtownshire
Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery
Theatre of War: At sea
Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery
Branch at Death: Royal Artillery

First time I have seen a result in this database
UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-2017
Name: Robert Benson
Gender: Male
Death Date: 8 May 1943
Newspaper Title: War
Newspaper Place: Uk
Spouse: Clyde Johnson
Parents: Robert Benson,Agnes Mc Lean Benson


Note he died "at sea" - a little odd for a Bombadier, unless the ship he was on was sunk

From Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, May 1943

8 May 1943
2 Maritime Regt, RA
BENSON, Robert, Bombardier, RA, 3191841, killed
JORDAN, Thomas, Gunner, RA, 4462468, killed

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Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (D.E.M.S)

[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives

Unsung heroes – the Maritime Royal Artillery and armed merchant ships

 

Possible cause:
HMS Daneman (FY 123)

HMT Daneman (T/Lt. Stanley Leith Friend, RNVR) is believed to have struck a submerged iceberg in the North Atlantic. Sunk in position 58º03N, 44º00W after being taken in tow on 8 May 1943.


Found this DANEMAN H37 but no mention of the DEMS gunners

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He was on SS Kanbe
On the 9th May 1943 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine U-123 whilst as a straggler in Convoy TS-38 carrying a general cargo including 3,500 tons of copper on route from Alexandria - Takoradi - Freetown for the UK
http://www.wrecksite.eu/peopleView.aspx?242327
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37417

 

Well spotted that man - Jordan is on there as well

TD