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Leading Aircraftman LESLIE BENSON

Service Number: 1035648
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY

XI. A. 22.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Ellen Doris Benson, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription MY LAST WORDS TO YOU MY DARLING, ARE STILL TRUE. ALWAYS YOUR OWN "TOPS"
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Buried or commemorated at

BARI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2251
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