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Guardsman JOHN BENNETT

Service Number: 2655372
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY

Plot 1 Row 1 Joint grave 38.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Prudence J. Bennett; husband of Evelyn Joyce Bennett.
  • Personal Inscription FOR NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY THAT IS A HEAVENLY ONE
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Buried or commemorated at

DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1269
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