Cecil Robert Grey Benning

Rank:

Sergeant

Regimental number:

772583

Unit at enlistment:

216th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Oxfordshire

Birth city:

Banbury

Address at enlistment:

21 Maple Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

21 Maple Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Carpenter

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX January 9, 1918

Veterans Who Arrived Home – Men Reported to Soldiers’ Aid Commission Were Welcomed

A number of returned heroes arrived home last night, five returning at 4.30 and a number at 9.45 p.m. last night. Secretary MacDonald of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission was on hand to meet the trains, as well as relatives and friends of the soldiers returning. Those who returned at 4.30 were Private A.R. Springall, of the 1st Battalion who left here with the 36th; Corp. Emmett, 4th Battalion, 107 Spring Street; Pte. McQuinn, 38 Bruce Street, R.C.D.; Pte. F. Harrington, 153 Elgin Street 1st Battalion, formerly of 36th. On the 9.45 train, Pte. Burke, 111 West Mill Street and Cecil Benning, 21 Maple Avenue, arrived with others whose names could not be received owing to the welcome with its attendant excitement given to them by local friends and relatives.

BX May 19, 1965

Cecil G. Benning

Cecil Gray (Bob) Benning, 84, of 83 Terrace Hill Street, died Tuesday in the Johnson Nursing Home, Port Dover. He was born in England and came to Canada in 1907, and resided in Brantford for the past 58 years. Mr. Benning was a member of Grace Anglican Church where he was sexton for 25 years. He was also a member of the Men’s Club of Grace Church and a member of the Sons of England. He served with the 125th Battalion during the First World War. Surviving besides his wife, the former Violet B. Parson, are a son, Robert Benning of St. Bruno, Quebec; two daughters, Mrs. Orland (Doris) Treffrey of Brantford, Mrs. Thomas (Winnie) Graham of Port Dover; 16 grandchildren. Mr. Benning is at the Beckett Funeral Home for service in Grace Church, Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Farringdon Burial Ground. Archdeacon F.C. McRitchie will officiate.