Thomas Benbow was christened in Martley, Worcestershire on 9th Feb 1777. He joined the Coldstream Guards on 21st Feb 1798:
From his service record, he served as a Private for 8 years, he was promoted to a Corporal (3 years) and Serjeant (10 years).
Near the end of his military career he was involved in a court case (see column three after Westminster sessions):
He then appears in London, with his wife Mary on the 1841 & 1851 census:
and dies in 1854:
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