About Paul Benner
Lived 1935 – 1957 (aged 22). Paul Benner was an engineer.
Michael Paul Benner, GC (14 April 1935 – 1 July 1957), known as Paul Benner, 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.
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.
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Who was Paul Benner?
British recipient of the George Cross (1935–1957)
When was Paul Benner born?
Paul Benner was born on 14 April 1935.
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Paul Benner died on 1 July 1957 in Grossglockner.
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Paul Benner was an engineer.
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