RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Benham, Jack Elkan David

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Benham

  • FORENAME
Jack Elkan David

  • UNIT
138 Squadron (R.A.F.(A.A.F.))

  • RANK
Wing Commander

  • NUMBER
90447

  • DATE OF DEATH
28th January 1942

  • AGE
41

  • GRAVESITE
Runnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 73

  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 23.7.1900 (Jack Elkan David Benjamin)
son of Lionel D. and Mabel P. Benham,Marylebone,London
changed name from Benjamin Thomason 1914-18 (?)
educated Haileybury College,Hertfordshire
changed name to Benham 1925
Squadron Leader,Balloon Branch 24.8.1939
Chief Instructor,Central Landing School 1940
138 Squadron
aircrew
SOE Op. Musjide,Belgium
Whitley Z6728
ditched 20 miles off English coast

change of name 1925

I
JACK ELKAN DAVID BENHAM,
of 11,
a
Bentinck-mansions,
Bentinck-street,
in the
county
of
London,
a
natural
born
British
subject,
heretofore called
and
known
by the
name
of
Jack
Elkan David Benjamin, hereby give notice,
that
1
have renounced
and
abandoned
the'name
of
Jack
Elkan David Benjamin
and
that
I
have assumed
and
intend
henceforth
on all
occasions whatsoever
and
at all
times
to
sign
and use and to be
called
and
known
by the
name
of
Jack
Elkan
David
Benham
in
lieu
of and in
substitution
for my
former
name
of
Jack
Elkan
David Benjamin;
and
I
also
hereby give notice,
that
such change
of
name
is
formally declared
and
evidenced
by a
deed
poll under
my
hand
and
seal
dated
the
16th
day
of
June,
one
thousand
nine
hundred
and
twenty-five,
duly executed
and
attested,
and
that
such
deed poll
was
enrolled
in the
Central
Office
of
the
Supreme Court
of
Judicature
on the
17th
day
of
June,
one
thousand nine hundred
and
twenty-five

Da-ted
this
17th
day
of
June,
one
thousand
nine
hundred
and
twenty-five.
(125)
J. E. D.
BENHAM

 
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