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Lance Corporal JAMES WILLIAM BENTLEY

Service Number: 4345842
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

II. K. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lord Henry and Rose Bentley, of Hull; husband of Doris Bentley, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription A FOREIGN GRAVE IS A PAINFUL THING WHERE LOVING HANDS NO FLOWERS CAN BRING

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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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