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Son of Dunlop and Laura M. Stewart, of Oakville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Captain William Dunlop Stewart
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Captain William Dunlop Stewart
Captain W. D. Stewart enlisted in June 1941 and joined the QOR in Sussex, NB as a Lieutenant prior to departing for England. On D-Day, he was second-in-command of Charlie Company and died of wounds received on 24 Jul 44 from shell fire at Grentheville.
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Captain William Dunlop Stewart
This is a photo of Captain Stewart's grave at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery that I took on a visit to Normandy with the Regiment in June, 1997.
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dunlop Stewart
This obituary of Captain William D. Stewart was obtained by Mrs. Josie McQuade from a Toronto newspaper and preserved by her in an album.
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Captain William Dunlop Stewart
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
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Captain William Dunlop Stewart
St. Andrew's Church (Presbyterian), 73 Simcoe Street, Toronto
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Captain William Dunlop Stewart
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain William Dunlop Stewart
This stone stele is located in the chapel of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. “AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE”, “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS”. Photo: Mana Sadeghipour, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
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Captain W. D. Stewart enlisted in June 1941 and joined the QOR in Sussex, NB as a Lieutenant prior to departing for England. On D-Day, he was second-in-command of Charlie Company and died of wounds received on 24 Jul 44 from shell fire at Grentheville.
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This is a photo of Captain Stewart's grave at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery that I took on a visit to Normandy with the Regiment in June, 1997.
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This obituary of Captain William D. Stewart was obtained by Mrs. Josie McQuade from a Toronto newspaper and preserved by her in an album.
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The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
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St. Andrew's Church (Presbyterian), 73 Simcoe Street, Toronto
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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This stone stele is located in the chapel of Trinity College in the University of Toronto. “AS DYING AND BEHOLD WE LIVE”, “TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO GREAT WARS”. Photo: Mana Sadeghipour, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
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Page 453 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery is about 1 kilometre east of the village of Reviers, on the Creully-Tailleville-Ouistreham road (D.35). Reviers is a village and commune in the Department of the Calvados. It is located 15 kilometres north-west of Caen and 18 kilometres east of Bayeux and 3.5 kilometres south of Courseulles, a village on the sea coast. The village of Beny-sur-Mer is some 2 kilometres south-east of the cemetery. The bus service between Caen and Arromanches (via Reviers and Ver-sur-Mer) passes the cemetery.
It was on the coast just to the north that the 3rd Canadian Division landed on 6th June 1944; on that day, 335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds. In this cemetery are the graves of Canadians who gave their lives in the landings in Normandy and in the earlier stages of the subsequent campaign. Canadians who died during the final stages of the fighting in Normandy are buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery.
There are a total of 2,048 burials in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery. There is also one special memorial erected to a soldier of the Canadian Infantry Corps who is known to have been buried in this cemetery, but the exact site of whose grave could not be located.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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