BENTLEY, Lennard

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
'30 Commando Assault Unit'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X114551
Born: 
Tuesday, July 15, 1924
Birthplace: 
Bolna-Blanca, Argentina
Died : 
Sunday, June 11, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Marine Lennard Bentley died during operations at Normandy, France. He died when anti personnel bombs were dropped from enemy aircraft. Son of Frederic Robinson Bentley and Dorry Juliet Bentley, of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Also killed were Lieutenant Ionides and Corporal Wright. 
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/127.
Ian Fleming's Commandos: The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit, author Nicholas Rankin.)
 
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