Paul Benner Explained

Paul Benner
Birth Date:14 April 1935
Birth Place:Blackheath, London, England
Death Place:Grossglockner, Austria
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1956–1957
Rank:Second Lieutenant
Servicenumber:448764
Awards:George Cross

Michael Paul Benner, GC (14 April 1935  - 1 July 1957), known as Paul Benner,[1] was a British Army officer of the Corps of Royal Engineers who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his actions in an alpine rescue attempt at Grossglockner, Austria.[2]

He was born in Blackheath, London, on 14 April 1935 and educated at Canford School in Dorset. The award of the George Cross was published in The London Gazette on 17 June 1958.

Notes and References

  1. Michael Ashcroft, George Cross Heroes, 2010
  2. http://www.remuseum.org.uk/rem_his_gc.htm Royal Engineers Museum and Library – History Section – Sapper George Crosses (GCs) page