beny-sur-mer canadian war cemetery

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
The Do-Or-Die Men: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal
The Do-Or-Die Men: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal
by George W. Smith
Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in World War Two
Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in World War Two
By John Durnford-Slater

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY​

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.
Recent contents

  1. RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Dalglish, William Logan

    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...

  2. CANADIAN PARA Troughton, Thomas Benjamin

    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...

  3. CANADIAN PARA Fritz, Howard Edward

    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...

  4. CANADIAN PARA Hanlon, Charles Edmund

    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...

  5. CANADIAN PARA Genereaux, John William

    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...

  6. CANADIAN PARA Black, Alan

    SURNAME Black FORENAME Alan UNIT RANK Private NUMBER B/147225 DATE OF DEATH 26th August 1944 AGE 18 GRAVESITE Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery,France XII.C.11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born Toronto eldest son of Lt Paul Otto and late Agnes Lister Girdwood Dunn...
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