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Assistant Steward BENJAMIN BATESON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)

H.M.S. Voltaire.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLENAVE D'ORNON (ST. BRIS) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 2, Grave 87.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Jane Bateson, of Fazakerley, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription HIS TRUST WAS IN GOD. DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORIES CLING
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLENAVE D'ORNON (ST. BRIS) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Gironde France
Number of casualties: 8
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