To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

3536013

Private

Benz, William, W

 

Manchester Regiment

1st Battalion

 

Nationality

United Kingdom

 

Japanese POW

 

Died

Age:

32

Date of Death:

1943/08/13

Place of Death:

Songkurai No.2 Camp, Thailand-Burma Railway

Cause of Death:

Diarrhoea. Buried Cemetery 2, Block A, Row 1, Grave 6, (393)

Source:

CWGC, WO 361/2234, WO 361/1344

 

Loved Ones

Son of William Celeste Benz and Edith Benz, of Blackpool, Lancashire; husband of Sally Benz, of Marton, Blackpool.

 

Memorial

B4. B. 15.

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

 

'F' Force, left Changi, 1943/04/04. After the war moved to Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.

 

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''Our Thanks are for being a Chapter in Life.''

 

 

 

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