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Sergeant BEN SMITH

Service Number: 1475502
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

460 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY

A. 11. 16.

Denmark

Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery, Denmark: Individual headstone photos taken by John Thede-Keats and shared on CD, July 2005

Photographer: John Thede-Keats

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alonza and Maud Smith, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription GOOD NIGHT, GOD BLESS YOU BEN. TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY
Denmark
Number of casualties: 280
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