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Sapper JAMES BENSON

Service Number: 14356345
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

3 Parachute Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VA. L. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred John and Mary Benson, of Henleaze, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD MEMORY OF JIM WHO DIED FOR US. BRAVE, GAY AND UNDAUNTED
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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