Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC BONSEY, ROBERT ALBERT Rank: Serjeant Service No: 5387698 Date of Death: 24/09/1944 Age: 25 Regiment/Service: The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C., 1st Wing Grave Reference: 23. A. 10. Cemetery: ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Robert Harold and Minnie Bonsey; husband of Iris Patricia Bonsey, of Cwmbran, Monmouthshire. Personal Inscription: LET'S PAUSE AWHILE AND SAY A PRAYER FOR THESE GALLANT ARNHEM MEN
Robert Albert Bonsey was a son of Robert Harold and Minnie Bonsey. He was married to Iris Patricia Bonsey of Cwmbran, Monmouthshire. Bonsey served with D Squadron. According to the Roll of Honour published by the Society of Friends of the Airborne Museum (Jan Hey 1999 and 2011) he was given a field burial in the garden of a house on Stationsweg, Oosterbeek. http://warcemeteries.nl/Bonsey.html Bonsey, Robert Albert, 25, 24th September 1944, Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C., 5387698, Serjeant. Son of Robert Harold and Minnie Bonsey; husband of Iris Patricia Bonsey. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.Commemorated locally at Rood Screen, St Gabriel's Church. http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=cwmbran-war-memorial-sww-a-j