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Air Commodore BENJAMIN JAMES SILLY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 07 December 1943

Age 50 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

VI. B. 7.

China, (including Hong Kong)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of George and Lucy Silly; husband of Frances Fanny Silly, of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. His son James Lovitt Silly also fell.
  • Personal Inscription SPLENDID YOU PASSED, VALIANT HEART; INTO THE LIGHT THAT SHALL NEVER FADE
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1589
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