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Captain GEORGE DEVEREUX BELBEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Penelope.

Date of Death

Died 18 February 1944

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY

II. O. 9.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Service Cross, Albert Medal, Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of George Belben and of Lucy Belben (nee Dickinson); husband of Joyce P. M. Belben, of Verwood, Dorsetshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

NAPLES WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1230
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