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Sergeant ARTHUR BENSON

Service Number: 1450256
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

166 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot JJB. Grave 58.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard and Eliza Benson, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription MAY THE SACRIFICE BE A STEP TOWARDS PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

EINDHOVEN (WOENSEL) GENERAL CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 687
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