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Serjeant JOHN CHARLES BENTON

Service Number: 4911936
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1944

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL

III. B. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Martha Ellen Benton, of Walsall, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription BONNE NUIT, MON CHER DIEU VOUS BENISSE JUSQU'AU REVOIR
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Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 521
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