HISTORY INFORMATION
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
Many of those buried in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery were men of the 3rd Canadian Division who died either on 6 June or during the early days of the advance towards Caen, when the Division engaged a German battle group formed from the 716th Division and the 21st Panzer Division.
The cemetery, designed by P.D. Hepworth, contains 2,048 Second World War burials, the majority Canadian, and 19 of them unidentified.
SURNAMEDalglish FORENAMEWilliam Logan UNIT138 Squadron (R.C.A.F.) RANKSergeant NUMBERR/223820 DATE OF DEATH6th August 1944 AGE20 GRAVESITEBeny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery,France IX.F.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONson of George and Olga (nee Logan) Dalglish,Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
air gunner
SOE...
SURNAME
Troughton
FORENAME
Thomas Benjamin
UNIT
RANK
Rifleman
NUMBER
H/41482
DATE OF DEATH
4th July 1944
AGE
25
GRAVESITE
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery,France IX.C.11
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Thomas Benjamin and Ada T. Troughton,Altamont,Manitoba
Royal Winnipeg...
SURNAME
Fritz
FORENAME
Howard Edward
UNIT
RANK
Private
NUMBER
M/8139
DATE OF DEATH
17th August 1944
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery,France XII.G.6
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of George and Agatha Fritz,Whitelaw,Alberta
former Canadian Scottish Regiment...
SURNAME
Hanlon
FORENAME
Charles Edmund
UNIT
RANK
Sergeant
NUMBER
G/32888
DATE OF DEATH
6th July 1944
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery,France II.F.13
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Judson Cleveland and Mary Elsie Hanlon,Alma,Albert County,New Brunswick...
SURNAME
Genereaux
FORENAME
John William
UNIT
RANK
Private
NUMBER
A/105185
DATE OF DEATH
11th August 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery,France XIV.B.6
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
son of Fred L. and Nellie Genereaux,London,Ontario
former 1st Hussars
DOW...
SURNAMEBlack FORENAMEAlan UNIT RANKPrivate NUMBERB/147225 DATE OF DEATH26th August 1944 AGE18 GRAVESITEBeny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery,France XII.C.11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONborn Toronto
eldest son of Lt Paul Otto and late Agnes Lister Girdwood Dunn Black,Fredericton,New
Brunswick
nephew of...