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Military service
Service number:
B/87928
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIII. D. 14.
Additional information
Son of Alex and Jane Horton, of Wellandport, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Charles Allan Horton
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Grave Marker
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Letter
This letter was sent by CMHQ to the head of the Chaplains Corps and through him to all the district chaplains. Each family on the list received a personal visit from a chaplain to explain that their loved ones named might be in the news and why. Some families heard it on the radio or read it in the paper before the chaplain could get to them. It came as a shock to them that they were not told previously how the deaths occurred. -
Letter
One of the three survivors of the killing was an RCA Gunner named Clarke. His statement explains what happened. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Document
This is a list of the Canadian soldiers who were found in a mass grave in Normandy. They had been POWs of the SS troops of Kurt Meyer. On the 8th of June 1944 they were herded into a field and shot. A description of the incident is found in the other documents. This first name on the list is that of Horton. The list is incorrect as to Initials and numbers. The only Royal Winnipeg Rifles named Horton to be killed on 8 June was Charles Allen Horton. Mistakes do happen even at CMHQ. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Rifleman Charles Allan Horton is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Allan Horton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Allan Horton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Allan Horton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Allan Horton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Allan Horton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Allan Horton
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Charles Allan Horton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 338 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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