Beny Sur Mer Canadian Cemetery Location Information Reviers is a village 18 kilometres east of Bayeux, 15 kilometres north west of Caen and 4 kilometres south of Courseulles-sur-Mer. The cemetery lies on the north side of the main road 1 kilometre east of Reviers. Visiting Information we will be starting work at the above Cemetery on 3rd March 2014 for a period of 4-5 weeks during which we will be installing new access stairs to the left and right chapels. The work will not disrupt any access to the Cemetery for visitors, but the 2 viewing platforms will be closed during the duration of the works. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused during this period of essential maintenance Historical 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. Royal Canadian Corps of Signals Buried at Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery – Cemetery Name Age Date KIA Rank Unit SN Location Additional Information SON E OF G. FREDERICK AND MARY ARMSTRONG; First Cdn. HUSBAND OF MARIE C. ARMSTRONG, ARMSTRONG FREDERICK JAMES F J 31 June-29-44 Signalman Army Sigs. 'F/95497' XI. G. 16. OF TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA. First Cdn. SON OF RUSSELL AND INEZ ARMSTRONG ARMSTRONG JOHN HERBERT J H 22 June-29-44 Signalman Army Sigs. 'B/132379' X. H. 9. , OF ENGLEHART, ONTARIO. W First Cdn. SON OF WALTER AND NELLIE BOLTON, BOLTON WALTER VERDON V 25 July-10-44 Signalman Army Signals. 'B/110869' XIII. C. 5. OF TORONTO, ONTARIO. SON OF BENJAMIN JOHN AND 2nd Cdn. Div. CLARA ANN BRODIE; HUSBAND OF BRODIE STANLEY FRANCIS S F 26 July-21-44 Signalman Sigs. 'H/20284' XV. D. 5. AGNES WALLACE SINDAIR BRODIE,
Beny Sur Mer Canadian Cemetery Location Information Reviers is a village 18 kilometres east of Bayeux, 15 kilometres north west of Caen and 4 kilometres south of Courseulles-sur-Mer. The cemetery lies on the north side of the main road 1 kilometre east of Reviers. Visiting Information we will be starting work at the above Cemetery on 3rd March 2014 for a period of 4-5 weeks during which we will be installing new access stairs to the left and right chapels. The work will not disrupt any access to the Cemetery for visitors, but the 2 viewing platforms will be closed during the duration of the works. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused during this period of essential maintenance Historical 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. Royal Canadian Corps of Signals – Buried at Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery Name Age Date KIA Rank Unit SN Cemetery Location Additional Information ARMSTRONG FREDERICK JAMES F J 31 June-29-44 Signalman First Cdn. Army Sigs. 'F/95497' XI. G. 16. SON E OF G. FREDERICK AND MARY ARMSTRONG; HUSBAND OF MARIE C. ARMSTRONG, OF TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA. ARMSTRONG JOHN HERBERT J H 22 June-29-44 Signalman First Cdn. Army Sigs. 'B/132379' X. H. 9. SON OF RUSSELL AND INEZ ARMSTRONG , OF ENGLEHART, ONTARIO. BOLTON WALTER VERDON W V 25 July-10-44 Signalman First Cdn. Army Signals. 'B/110869' XIII. C. 5. SON OF WALTER AND NELLIE BOLTON, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO. BRODIE STANLEY FRANCIS S F 26 July-21-44 Signalman 2nd Cdn. Div. Sigs. 'H/20284' XV. D. 5. SON OF BENJAMIN JOHN AND CLARA ANN BRODIE; HUSBAND OF AGNES WALLACE SINDAIR BRODIE,
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