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Felix Joseph Benzimra
Born:
11 Adar I 5651 (19 February 1891)
Died:
23 Elul 5711 (24 September 1951)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
BEN0626
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
11 Adar I 5651 (19 February 1891)
Place of birth:
Gibraltar
Death
Date of death:
23 Elul 5711 (24 September 1951)
Died in combat?:
No
Place of death:
Kensington, London
Places
Addresses
Family home:
20 Irish Town Gibraltar (1901)
26 Rivercourt Road London (1920)
3 Eastbury Court London (1933)
1 Addison Crescent London (1936)
Schools
Name:
Townley Castle School, Ramsgate
Name:
Pitmans, Gibraltar
Name:
Public School, Algeciras
Name:
Lycee de Marseilles, Marseilles
Family
Spouse
Elizabeth Florence Woolf (female)
Other surname / Maiden name:
Benzimra
Country of marriage:
England
Children
Basil Benzimra (male)
Siblings
Miriam Benzimra (female)
Oro Benzimra (female)
Parents
Mother: Flora Nayar (female)
Father: Joseph Benzimra (male)
Homefront
Occupation:
War Service
Military Record
Military service:
Dorset Regiment, 7th reserve Battalion,Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army, Machine Gun Corps
Date enlisted/conscripted:
04 February 1915
Rank at discharge/death:
Second Lieutenant
Assignments
Regiment:
Dorsetshire
Battalion/unit:
7th Reserve Battalion
Posting:
France
Medals:
Military Cross. Awarded for "conspicuous gallantry during active operations against the enemy"
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Manufacturer
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