Michael George Wallace Benson

Lieut Michael George Wallace Benson RN Born 24 Dec 1922 in Marikuppam, Madras, Indiamap ANCESTORS ancestors Son of Ernest Wallace Benson MC FRGS and Evelyn Mary (Ainslie) Benson [sibling%28s%29 unknown] [spouse(s) unknown] [children unknown] Died 15 Jan 1975 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, Englandmap Profile manager: Alison Kilpatrick private message [send private message] Profile last modified 11 Nov 2019 | Created 7 Aug 2018 This page has been accessed 56 times. Biography

Michael George Wallace Benson was born at Marikuppam in Madras, India, in 1922. He was the son of Capt. Ernest Wallace Benson, M.C. and Evelyn Mary Ainslie.British India Office. Ecclesiastical Returns. Michael George Wallace Benson, born 1922, baptised 1923, Kolar Gold Fields, Madras; archive ref. N-2-133, folio 5. Transcript online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-07-28).[1]

Michael attended the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth.[2]

Towards the end of WWII, he was promoted to Lieutenant on the 1st March 1944.[3] The Polish government awarded Lieut. Benson the Silver Cross of Merit with Swords on the 1st August 1944.</ref>The National Archives (UK). Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972. Sub. Lieut. Michael George Wallace Benson, R.N., awarded the Silver Cross of Merit with Swords, by the President of the Polish Republic in recognition of services to the Polish Navy and in Polish Ships. Original record: Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Medal Rolls. The National Archives microfilm publication ADM 171, 202. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England. TNA ref. ADM171/61. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-06).</ref>

After the war, Lieut. Benson was seconded to the Australian navy for two years, commencing 23rd August 1948.[3]

Mr. Benson concluded his naval career with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.[4]

Lieut.-Commander Michael George Wallace Benson, RN, died at Alverstoke, Hampshire, on the 15th January 1975, aged fifty-two years.[1][5]

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↑ 1.0 1.1 Index of civil registrations of deaths, England. Michael George W. Benson, born 24 December 1922, died 1st quarter ending 31st March 1975, SE Hants RD, vol. 20, pg. 1675. Original record: General Register Office, England and Wales, Southport, Hants. Index and digital image online at FreeBMD, wwwfreebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-06). ↑ 1939 Register (England and Wales). Michael G.W. Benson, born 24 Dec 1922, single, Naval Cadet, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; visitor in Garfield School for Boys, Wareham and Purbeck, Dorset. Enumeration district WLKB, schedule no. 68, sub-schedule no. 5 (ref. RG101/6964A). Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-06). ↑ 3.0 3.1 Australia WWII Service Records. Michael George Wallace Benson; born 24th December 1922 at Mysore, India; not married. Next of kin: Mother Mrs E.M. Benson, [illegible], St. Brelades, Jersey, Channel Islands. Same address - Albatross 30-[-] 49, 3-6-50. Address on reversions HMS Woodbridge Haven Ct SP[1] London. Lieutenant R.N., appointment 23rd August 1948, ref. 561:222:430 Gaz.148/48; LOAN 23:8:1948, 2 years, rank: Lieut. 1:3:1944. Archive ref. A6769:RAN, Navy Officers. Digital image online at fold3.com (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription portal to ancestry.ca, 2018-08-06). ↑ The Navy List, Containing Lists of Ships, Establishments, and Officers of the Fleet. Corrected to 18th January 1958. “General List. … Lieutenant-Commanders. ... 1952. … E:X. ME:—. Benson, Michael George Wallace, * …. 1 Mar.” London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1958. (pg 535.) ↑ National Probate Calendar, England and Wales. “BENSON, Michael George Wallace, of Garden Cottage, Anglesey Arms Rd, Alverstoke, Gosport; died 15 January 1975; Probate: London, 24 September [1975]. 750126162C.” (ref. 1975, pg. 693). Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-06, by subscription)