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Flight Lieutenant BRIAN VAN MENTZ

Service Number: 70826
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

222 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

25. A. 9.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Sidney and Rosine Van Mentz; nephew of Samuel Mence, of Burghclere, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription SO GREATLY LOVED YOUNG FEARLESS AND HAPPY "ONE OF THE FEW"
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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7049
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