Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Reginald (Rex) Lindsay BENSON, DSO, MVO, MC, MiD, 9th Lancers

Personal Number:
Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
Name: Sir Reginald (Rex) Lindsay BENSON, DSO, MVO, MC, MiD
Unit: Royal Armoured Corps


London Gazette : 29 September 1908
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TERRITORIAL FORCE.
YEOMANRY.
Buckinghamshire (Royal Bucks Hussars); the undermentioned officers, from the Buckingham- shire (Royal Bucks Hussars) Imperial Yeomanry, are appointed to the regiment, with rank and precedence as in the Imperial Yeomanry. Dated 1st April, 1908 : —
Second Lieutenant Reginald Lindsay Benson.

London Gazette : 27 May 1910
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The undermentioned successful Candidates at the Competitive Examination-of Officers of the Special Reserve, &c., held in March last, to be Second Lieutenants. Dated 28th May, 1910:—
CAVALRY.
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers, Second Lieutenant Reginald Lindsay Benson, from Buckinghamshire (Royal Bucks Hussars) Yeomanry, in succession to Lieutenant D. K. L. Lucas-Tooth, promoted.

London Gazette : 19 October 1914
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LIST OF NAMES REFERRED TO IN DESPATCH DATED 8 OCTOBER, 1914.
9th Lancers.
Lieutenant R. L. Benson.

London Gazette : 18 February 1915
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9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers.
Awarded the Military Cross.
Lieutenant R. L. Benson.

London Gazette : 3 June 1918
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AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER.
Capt. Reginald Lindsay Benson, M.C., Lrs

London Gazette : 23 June 1922
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32722/page/4715/data.pdf
The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the visit of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to India,, to make the following promotions in and appointments to the Royal Victorian Order : —
To be dated 22nd! November, 1921.
To be Member of the Fourth Class.
Major Reginald Lindsay Benson, D.S.O., M.C., Military Secretary to the Governor of Bombay.

London Gazette : 26 July 1940
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The names of the undermentioned have been brought to notice in recognition of distinguished services rendered in connection with operations in the field. (First list, to March 1940, sub-joined. Second list, March-June 1940, to be published later):—
Royal Armoured Corps.
Benson, Maj. R. L., D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C., Res. of Off.

London Gazette : 12 June 1958
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The QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to signify her intention of conferring the Honour of Knighthood upon the following: —
Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Lindsay BENSON, D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C., Honorary Treasurer, English Speaking Union of the Commonwealth.

London Gazette : 18 July 1958
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41450/page/4514/data.pdf
His Royal Highness THE PRINCE PHILIP DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., K.T., G.B.E., acting on behalf of Her Majesty by authority of Letters Patent under the Great Seal dated 14th July, 1958, conferred the honour of Knighthood upon the undermentioned gentlemen at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, 15th instant:—
Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Lindsay Benson D.S.O., M.V.O., M.C.

 

London Gazette : 26 July 1940
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34904/supplement/4579/data.pdf


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See also:

• Rex Benson (merchant banker) - Wikipedia
• "His career was interrupted by the Second World War, when he served as liaison officer to the French First Army until the evacuation from Dunkirk, and then as chairman of the Inter-Allied Timber Commission in 1940, and then from 1941 as Military Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington."
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