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

  1. Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.
  2. Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.
  3. Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.
  4. Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.
  5. Benyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/156. f. 560.