Lt. Col. Benson Charles D'Arcy Maxwell ²

Born: 9 Sep 1874 ²
Marriage (1): Dorothy Sharples on 11 Mar 1903 in South Stoneham, Hampshire, England ²
Marriage (2): Ehtel Lois Bisley

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Spouses/Children:

1. Dorothy Sharples

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bullet Birth Notes:

P. Utton printed documents from the USA.

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Military Service. Royal Engineers. Served in India.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1262&iid=30850_A001064-02827&fn=Benson+Charles+Darcy&ln=Maxwell&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1605495

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=2406&iid=32767_33190801-00518&fn=Benson+Charles+Darcy&ln=Maxwell&st=r&ssrc=&pid=81481

• General Comment. ² Benson Charles d'Arcy, b. 9.9.l874 - Master Mariner. Served in H.M.S. "Worcestsr" 1889-90. New Zealand. Shipping Company, 1891-1902. Rounded Cape Horn 20 times. Shipwrecked on Desolation Island, Magellan Straits. Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve, 1903-06, serving in H.M. ships. Assistant Dock Master, Southampton, 1907. Marine Superintendent of Cross Channel Steamers, 1907-14. Commander, R.N.R., in command of Decoy ship "Victoria", 1914-15. Rose from Captain to Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Engineers, Inland. Water Transport Corps, 19l5-19, serving at the War Office and Dover, France, India and Mesopotamia. Went to Mesopotamia in l9l9-20 on behalf of the Munitions Board to direct the sale of river craft. Marine Superintendent of Khedivial Mail Steamship Company's Fleet, being stationed at Alexandria,l92l-28. Marine Expert for Mixed Tribunal Courts, Alexandria, l929-32. Retired 1932.

His first marriage was on the llth March, 1903, to Dorothy Sharples, who died in 1928. They had two daughters, Eileen and Dorothy, and a son Alan Benson.

His second marriage was on the lst November, 1933, to Ethel Lois Bisley.

Benson married Dorothy Sharples on 11 Mar 1903 in South Stoneham, Hampshire, England.² (Dorothy Sharples was born in 1882 and died in 1928 ².)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&db=FreeBMDMarriage&ti=5538&f6=95&f7=1903&f9=1&f5=2c

South Stoneham RD.

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N6NZ-RLJ

Benson next married Ehtel Lois Bisley.

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

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The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years

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Lt. Col. Benson Charles D'Arcy Maxwell ²