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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Early life === | === Early life === | ||
John Benton's grandfather met the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] in the trenches of [[World War I]] in [[1914]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Forgotten (comic story)}}) He also had an aunt, who was supposedly a [[Psychic|medium]] and died in the late [[1960s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eye of the Giant (novel)}}) [[John Benton's father|John's father]] also served in the military. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Wartime (home video)}}) John was the second of the four Benton children: [[George Benton|George]], [[Chris Benton|Chris]] and [[Charlotte Benton|Charlotte]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wartime (novelisation)}} | John Benton's grandfather met the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] in the trenches of [[World War I]] in [[1914]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Forgotten (comic story)}}) He also had an aunt, who was supposedly a [[Psychic|medium]] and died in the late [[1960s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eye of the Giant (novel)}}) [[John Benton's father|John's father]] also served in the military. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Wartime (home video)}}) John was the second of the four Benton children: [[George Benton|George]], [[Chris Benton|Chris]] and [[Charlotte Benton|Charlotte]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wartime (novelisation)}}) | ||
As a boy, John wanted to be just like his father, while his younger brother Chris did not want to be a soldier, despite being more favoured than John in their father's eyes. In [[1944]], while his father was on embarkation leave, John, his parents and Chris had a picnic in the woods outside [[Bolton]], ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Wartime (home video)}}) while George stayed at home to look after baby Charlotte. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wartime (novelisation)}}) While the boys were playing, Chris fell from the high wall of a ruined tower to his death. John tried to save him, but failed and blamed himself ever after. Some time later, his father was killed in the [[Normandy landings]] by a [[grenade]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Wartime (home video)}}) | As a boy, John wanted to be just like his father, while his younger brother Chris did not want to be a soldier, despite being more favoured than John in their father's eyes. In [[1944]], while his father was on embarkation leave, John, his parents and Chris had a picnic in the woods outside [[Bolton]], ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Wartime (home video)}}) while George stayed at home to look after baby Charlotte. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Wartime (novelisation)}}) While the boys were playing, Chris fell from the high wall of a ruined tower to his death. John tried to save him, but failed and blamed himself ever after. Some time later, his father was killed in the [[Normandy landings]] by a [[grenade]]. ([[HOMEVID]]: {{cs|Wartime (home video)}}) | ||
