954033 Lance Corporal Cyril Benton aka: Cyril Bernstein
Number: 954033
Company: HQ
Platoon: Sigs
Section:
T & E Book:
Para Course:
Life Story: Radio Operator, 11th Battalion Paras, 4th Brigade –
Wounded in Action in back, arms and legs, he tried to swim the Rhine but was captured.
Prisoner of War at Stalag 12A Limburg/IVB Mühlberg, from where he tried to escape; finally liberated by Red Army.
Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton;
Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren
Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin
and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom
this website would not have been possible.