Army Number: 2578718 Rank: Lance-Corporal Name: Donald BENTLEY, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 30 December 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7345/data.pdf The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February, 1941, to July, 1941:— ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2578718 Sgmn. D: Bentley.
London Gazette : 30 December 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7339/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7345/data.pdf
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2119585/donald-bentley/ LANCE CORPORAL DONALD BENTLEY Service Number: 2578718 Regiment & Unit: 7th Armd. Div. Sigs., Royal Corps of Signals Date of Death: 27 May 1942 Age 30 years old Buried or commemorated at ALAMEIN MEMORIAL Memorial Reference: Column 51. Location: Egypt Awards: Mentioned in Despatches Additional Info: Son of Harold D. and Annie Bentley; husband of Olive Blanche Bentley, of Rainhill, Lancashire.