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Sergeant PETER HENRY BENSON

Service Number: 997100
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

104 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY

2. F. 24.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Martha Benson, of Wigan, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription UNSELFISH WAYS A HEART OF GOLD NO FINER SON THIS WORLD COULD HOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1816
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