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Son of James and Margaret Shinnan, of Regina, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Captain Robert Gibson Shinnan
Digital gallery of
Captain Robert Gibson Shinnan
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens)
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Captain Robert Gibson Shinnan
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 Robert Gibson Shinnan
First Presbyterian Church in Regina, Saskatchewan
World War Two Stained Glass Memorial (detail) 1956
by Celtic Studios, Swansea, Wales
Donald G McLeod
James Norman McLeod
James H McMaster
Ian Edgar MacPherson
William J MacRae
Frank J Scrimes
Robert G Shinnan
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Captain Robert Gibson Shinnan
The First Presbyterian Church Second World War Memorial Window, Regina was unveiled in 1956 and is dedicated to the to Parishioners of First Presbyterian Church who served and died during World War II. This World War Two Memorial was made by the Celtic Studios, Swansea, Wales, 1956.
DONALD G. McLEOD / JAMES NORMAN McLEOD / JAMES H. McMASTER
IAN EDGAR MacPHERSON / WILLIAM J. MacRAE / FRANK J. SCRIMES / ROBERT G. SHINNAN
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Captain Robert Gibson Shinnan
From the Regina Leader Post June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Robert Gibson Shinnan
From the Regina Leader Post June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens)
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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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First Presbyterian Church in Regina, Saskatchewan World War Two Stained Glass Memorial (detail) 1956 by Celtic Studios, Swansea, Wales Donald G McLeod James Norman McLeod James H McMaster Ian Edgar MacPherson William J MacRae Frank J Scrimes Robert G Shinnan
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The First Presbyterian Church Second World War Memorial Window, Regina was unveiled in 1956 and is dedicated to the to Parishioners of First Presbyterian Church who served and died during World War II. This World War Two Memorial was made by the Celtic Studios, Swansea, Wales, 1956. DONALD G. McLEOD / JAMES NORMAN McLEOD / JAMES H. McMASTER IAN EDGAR MacPHERSON / WILLIAM J. MacRAE / FRANK J. SCRIMES / ROBERT G. SHINNAN
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From the Regina Leader Post June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Regina Leader Post June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 442 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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