Godfrey Berkeley John Benyon
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Lieutenant-Commander Godfrey Berkeley John Benyon, (10 September, 1883 – 1 November, 1914) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Benyon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1905.[1]
In December 1909, Captain Marescaux of Kent deemed that Benyon had shown "not much interest. Inclined to be brusque. Not behaved to my satisfaction."[2]
On 23 May 1910, he was admitted to Chatham Hospital to be treated for gonorrhea.[3]
Benyon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1913.[4]
Benyon was appointed to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Good Hope on 17 August, 1914 and died when she sank with all hands at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November.[5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.
- ↑ Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.
- ↑ Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.
- ↑ Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.
- ↑ Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.
