Other Information:Ben first enlisted into the Welsh Regiment but transferred quickly into the R.A.M.C. and served with the 39th Field Ambulance. He entered the war in Egypt on the 6th July 1915 . On the 17th July 1916, he went to Lahana, Salonika and then on the 12th September 1916 he transferred into No 27 Casualty Clearing Station, serving in their Dental Unit. Ben left the CCS on the 5th August 1917 to join 32nd Field Ambulance. Early 1918, he transferred again becoming Pte 46588 of the Wiltshire Regiment. Ben died of Malaria on the 22nd October 1918, he was the son of Charles and Anne Noot of 11 Victoria Gardens Road Neath, Glam. [Information researched and kindly provided by Paul Sambrook]
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