{"id":5060,"date":"2020-07-30T12:43:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T12:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=5060"},"modified":"2020-12-03T10:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T10:41:29","slug":"benjamin-lionel-louis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/raf\/benjamin-lionel-louis\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin, Lionel Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Lionel Louis Benjamin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Observer, 53 Squadron<br>Service number 751790<br>Died 31 Aug 1940<br>Buried Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery<br>Age 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Headstone Inscription<br> &#8216;REMEMBERED WITH LOVE AND ADMIRATION BY HIS WIFE, BROTHER AND FRIENDS&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Lionel was born in 1918 in Brighton and was the son of Hyam and Rebecca nee Kinsler and had one brother named Victor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lionel volunteered on 6 Jun 1939 only fourteen months before his death. He was killed on 31 August 1940, when his Bristol Blenheim (T1940) was brought down by flak while engaged on a night-time raid on the Vlaardingen oil plant. His two crewmates, Wing Commander  Edwards, the commanding officer of the squadron, and Sergeant Beesley, were also killed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had married Elizabeth Betty De Winter in April 1940 only a few months before his death. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benjamin-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benjamin-photo.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benjamin-photo-250x346.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benjamin-photo-120x166.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benjamin-Lionel-Louis-700x933.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benjamin-Lionel-Louis-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benjamin-Lionel-Louis-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benjamin-Lionel-Louis-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Benjamin-Lionel-Louis-120x160.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Louis Benjamin Observer, 53 SquadronService number 751790Died 31 Aug 1940Buried Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General CemeteryAge 22 Headstone Inscription &#8216;REMEMBERED WITH LOVE AND ADMIRATION BY HIS WIFE, BROTHER AND FRIENDS&#8217; Lionel was born in 1918 in Brighton and was the son of Hyam and Rebecca nee Kinsler and had one brother named Victor. 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