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Flight Lieutenant JOHN BASIL WENTWORTH SMITH

Service Number: 37214
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

216 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 June 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

Coll. grave 8. A. 10-13.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Rosa Mary Wentworth Smith; stepson of Mrs. H. Wentworth Smith, of Brandon Park, Suffolk.
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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