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Birth16 Oct 1908, Chelsfield, Kent
Death27 Oct 1981, Bentworth Hall, Alton, Hants
General1st s.
FatherCecil Berens (ca1869-1933)
MotherMildred Turnour Blackwood (1886-~1963)
Notes for Herbert Cecil Benyon Berens
His birth index:

Name:                             Mother's Maiden Surname:
BERENS, HERBERT CECIL BENYON      BLACKWOOD  
GRO Reference: 1908  D Quarter in BROMLEY  Volume 02A  Page 530
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They had four children by a search for births with the surname of Berens with a mother’s maiden name of Mellard from 1931 to 1951:

Richard W B   1933   Bromley, Kent
Penelope A G  1934   Paddington, London
Jonathan C D  1937   Bromley, Kent
David J C     1939   Bromley, Kent
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His death index:

First name(s)  Herbert Cecil B
Last name      Berens
Gender         Male
Birth day      16
Birth month    10
Birth year     1908
Death quarter  4
Death year     1981
District       Alton
County         Hampshire
Volume         20
Page           0015
Country        England
Record set     England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Herbert Cecil Benyon Berens
His probate index:

1982
BERENS.  Herbert Cecil Benyon of Bentworth Hall Alton Hants died 27 October 1981  Probate London 18 March £1105564  820004636N
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Notes for Herbert Cecil Benyon & Moyra Nancy (Family)
From Ancestry, the registration index:

Name:                  Herbert C  Berens
Registration Date:     Oct 1931  [Nov 1931]   [Dec 1931]
Registration Quarter:  Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: St. George Hanover Square
Inferred County:       London
Spouse:                Moyra N Mellard
Volume Number:         1a
Page Number:           1001

From FindMyPast, a limited index to the parish register, with some useful information:

First name(s)           Herbert Cecil Benyon
Last name               Berens
Age                     22
Birth year              1909
Residence               -
Marriage year           1931
Parish                  St Margaret, Westminster
Spouse's first name(s)  Moyra Nancy
Spouse's last name      Mellard
Spouse's age            24
Spouse's birth year     1907
Spouse residence        -
County                  Middlesex
Country                 England
Archive                 City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set              Westminster Marriages
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Remarkably, FreeBMD has a complete and intelligible index listing:

Surname  First name(s)  Spouse   District      Vol  Page
Marriages Dec 1931   (>99%)
Berens    Herbert C B   Mellard  St.Geo.H.Sq.  1a   1001
Mellard   Moyra N       Berens   St.Geo.H.Sq.  1a   1001
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