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Wing Commander Richard James Bennell

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Citation(s);

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Military service

Service number: C/1376
Age: 31
Rank: Wing Commander
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 418 Sqdn.
Death: March 9, 1944

Burial/memorial information

LESSAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave reference: Row A. Grave 3.
Additional information
Son of James Charles and Bessie Bennell, of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 247 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LESSAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY Manche, France

The village and commune of Lessay, on the west coast of the Cherbourg peninsula, is 36 kilometres north-west of St. Lo. The communal cemetery is south of the village on the D.2 road to Coutances. There are 5 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here, near the north wall, on the right of the main path from the entrance.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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