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Sergeant WILFRED BENSON

Service Number: 1138267
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FARNWORTH CEMETERY

Nonconformist Sec. Grave 91B.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Lily Benson, of Farnworth.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TO-DAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

FARNWORTH CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 43
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