BERRISFORD Dennis Charles

  • First Name(s):
    Dennis 
    Charles 
  • Surname:
    BERRISFORD
  • Service Number:
    1818850
  • Rank:

    Sergeant/Wireless Operator/Air Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Air Force
  • Air Force:
    Royal Air Force
  • Air Force Unit:
    40 Squadron
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    13th October 1944
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Budapest War Cemetery, Hungary, Collective Grave II. B. 2-5.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Walter and Mabel Alice Berrisford, of Worcester

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BERRISFORD Dennis Charles Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Royal Grammar School

Further Information About BERRISFORD Dennis Charles

Dennis Beresford attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1935 to 1940.  In February 1943 he enlisted in the Royal Air Force and was posted to Bomber Command.  In September 1944, after qualifying as a Wireless Operator, Dennis was sent to Foggia Main in Italy where he joined 40 Squadron.  On 13th October 1944 Dennis and his fellow crew members took off in their Wellington bomber as part of a 10 aircraft raid on the railway marshalling yard at Szekesfehervar, Hungary.  Dennis’s Wellington was 1 of 2 aircraft shot down during the raid.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.

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