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Canadian War Cemetery Beny-sur-mer
(France - Basse-Normandie - Reviers)
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 contains 2,048 Second World War burials, the majority Canadian, and 19 of them unidentified.
Click for more information on the overview at the bottom of the page.
Source
- Text: Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Photos: Jeroen C. Koppes (1,3,4) & Ad Smulders (2)
Address and contactinformation
- Address:
- D35
Reviers - WWII grade:
- 100%
- Rating:
- 80%
Where is it?
Nearby (help)
Museum
Point of interest
Monument
- Memorial Nottingham Bridge Courseulles-sur-Mer
- Plaque on Tobruc: The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
- War Memorial Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Cambes-en-Plaine
- Commonwealth War Cemetery La Delivrande
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Secqueville-en-Bessin
Fortification
Amongst others, the following persons are buried here (Overview)
| Name | Date of death |
|---|---|
| Blakely, Harry Wellington | July 4th, 1944 |
| Conway, Victor George Henry | June 6th, 1944 |
| Eaton, Harry Knight | June 17th, 1944 |
| Gray, Errol Stewart | July 8th, 1944 |
| Osler, Kenneth Siddons | June 12th, 1944 |
