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Son of James Alexander William Whiteford McNeily, K.C., and Margaret Elizabeth Potts McNeily. Husband of Elizabeth Mary McNeily, of Toronto, Ontario.
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Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
This copy of Lt McNeily's obituary in a Toronto newspaper was recorded by myself on October 26, 2001.
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Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Lt McNeily joined the QOR of C after D-Day as a first-line replacement officer due to the high number of officer casualties in the first week of combat. He was KIA as a platoon commander with "A" Company at the town of Giberville (east of Caen).
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Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
This photo of Lt. McNeily's grave at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery was taken by myself during Op Normandie Return in June 1994.
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Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
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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Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
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This copy of Lt McNeily's obituary in a Toronto newspaper was recorded by myself on October 26, 2001.
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Lt McNeily joined the QOR of C after D-Day as a first-line replacement officer due to the high number of officer casualties in the first week of combat. He was KIA as a platoon commander with "A" Company at the town of Giberville (east of Caen).
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This photo of Lt. McNeily's grave at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery was taken by myself during Op Normandie Return in June 1994.
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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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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 391 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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