BENNETT, Derick S.

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Queens Own Royal West Kent
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6351281
Died : 
Monday, September 13, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age: 
20
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Local Roll of Honour: 
Private Derick Bennett, 6 troop, died during operations at Dragone Hill, Salerno. Son of Alfred John and Thyrza Bennett, of Maidstone, Kent.
Original burial location was in a communal grave, with religious ceremony, by a house at the top of the steps on the West side of Hill. Map ref. 606307. Buried with Capt. Mason and LCpl Formoy. 
 
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] 2 Commando Casualties Salerno document below.
[Image] No.2 Commando 6 Troop Dec 1942 image in Gallery.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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