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Surname: GREAVES
Forename(s): Benjamin Stringer
Place of Birth: Carleton, Pontefract, Yorkshire
Service No: J/18615
Rank: Able-Seaman
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Navy
Battalion / Unit: H.M.S. 'Paragon'
Division: ---
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1917-03-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 25.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Benjamin Stringer Greaves (born 4 December 1896) was the son of Wilks and Charlotte Greaves, née Thompson. Wilks was born at Pontefract, Yorkshire, the son of John Holmes and Emma Greaves, née Stringer. Charlotte was born at Gibraltar, c. 1870, the daughter of John Henry and Amelia Phoebe Thompson.
1901 Pontefract, Yorkshire Census: 41, Queen Street - Benjn S. Greaves, aged 4 years, born Carleton, Yorkshire, son of Charlotte Greaves (married). [In 1901, Wilks was living at Wadsley near Sheffield, Yorkshire.]
1911 Pontefract, Yorkshire Census: Tanshelf Drive - Benjamin Greaves, aged 14 years, born ( - ), grandson of John Henry and Amelia Phoebe Thompson. [In 1911, Benjamin's mother was living at the Rose & Crown Hotel, Skipton, and father at Wakefield, Yorkshire.]
On 17 March 1917, H.M.S. 'Paragon' fighting alongside H.M.S. ‘Llewellyn’ in an action in the Dover Strait with eight German torpedo boats, H.M.S. ‘Paragon’ was sunk by torpedo with the loss of all on board.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
GREAVES, Able Seaman (Qm.) B.S., aged 20 on Torpedo Destroyer, son of Mrs. Greaves, Rose and Crown Hotel, Skipton, killed in action during an engagement between Mar. 17 and 18, 1917.
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Able-Seaman Benjamin Stringer GREAVES

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Navy
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