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Son of Henry and Sarah Hawkins; husband of Mary Hawkins, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Rifleman "Buck" Hawkins enlisted in June 1940 with the QOR of C and served for four years with the Regiment prior to D-Day. He landed on D-Day with A Company of the QOR and fought in the various Normandy battles until killed while fighting at Giberville (east of Caen) on 18 July 1944.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
This copy of Rifleman Hawkin's obituary is from a Toronto paper.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
This obituary of Rfn Buck Hawkins was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
This photo of Rfn "Buck" Hawkins' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery on June 6th, 2003.
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
A stained glass window at St. Albins Cathedral, Prince Albert, SK is dedicated to the members of the congregation killed during the First World War.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM 1914-1918
D.G. BANNERMAN
F.L. BARLOW
L.B. BARNARD
P. CROCKFORD
J. COTTAN
C. HARDY
H. FISHER
G. FORBES
J. FALCHER
G. BEVERIDGE
W. GRIFFIN
H.T. COSTER
H. HAWKINS
F.N. HARMER
S. ROBSON
D.F. GOW
H.R. HANDCOCK
A.H.M. PEIRCE
O. KEYWORTH
T. LOFTHOUSE
J. MANSFIELD
M. KEMP
H. TURNER
E. MARSHALL
S. MCDONALD
A.B. MACGREGOR
R. DARCY STICKLAND
T.A. SCHOFIELD
A.N. SMITH
F.N. ROSS
P. MAIR
To the glory of God and in honour of the men of this church who gave their lives in the cause of freedom 1914-1918
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2246
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
From the Weston (Ontario) Times and Guide newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Image gallery
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Rifleman "Buck" Hawkins enlisted in June 1940 with the QOR of C and served for four years with the Regiment prior to D-Day. He landed on D-Day with A Company of the QOR and fought in the various Normandy battles until killed while fighting at Giberville (east of Caen) on 18 July 1944.
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This copy of Rifleman Hawkin's obituary is from a Toronto paper.
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This obituary of Rfn Buck Hawkins was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944.
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This photo of Rfn "Buck" Hawkins' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery on June 6th, 2003.
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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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A stained glass window at St. Albins Cathedral, Prince Albert, SK is dedicated to the members of the congregation killed during the First World War. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [window/vitrail] TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM 1914-1918 D.G. BANNERMAN F.L. BARLOW L.B. BARNARD P. CROCKFORD J. COTTAN C. HARDY H. FISHER G. FORBES J. FALCHER G. BEVERIDGE W. GRIFFIN H.T. COSTER H. HAWKINS F.N. HARMER S. ROBSON D.F. GOW H.R. HANDCOCK A.H.M. PEIRCE O. KEYWORTH T. LOFTHOUSE J. MANSFIELD M. KEMP H. TURNER E. MARSHALL S. MCDONALD A.B. MACGREGOR R. DARCY STICKLAND T.A. SCHOFIELD A.N. SMITH F.N. ROSS P. MAIR To the glory of God and in honour of the men of this church who gave their lives in the cause of freedom 1914-1918 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2246
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From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Weston (Ontario) Times and Guide newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 331 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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