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Memorial Window at Westminster Abbey
Memorial Window at Westminster Abbey


A memorial window to members of the British Flying Services who died in World War I was dedicated at Westminster Abbey on May 26, 1922. The window was placed through the efforts of Sallie Maxwell Bennett of Weston, whose son, Louis Bennett, Jr., was one of the airmen who died during the war.

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"Louis Bennett, Wheeling Air Fighter, Missing In Action"
"Memorial Window Dedicated In Westmins[t]er Abbey"
West Virginia Flying Corps Letter, Louis Bennett, Jr. to Governor John J. Cornwell
Front Page of Program for Dedication of Memorial Window at Westminster Abbey (Ms80-150)
Memorial Window at Westminster Abbey (Ms80- 150)


On This Day in West Virginia History: May

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