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Son of John Wallace Kenmure and Reta May Kenmure, of Toronto, Ontario. B.A., Hons. (Toronto University).
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Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
Lt. John Roberts Kenmure - Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
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Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
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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Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
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 John Roberts Kenmure
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
John 2nd row left. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
Group photo from Torontonensis yearbook, 1941. At photo right, shown in front row is John McLeod Hogg, President; standing behind him is John Roberts "Jack" Kenmure. Both would lose their lives in the war.
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Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
Entry from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook for 1942, lists Kenmure's activities and interests, which included training with the Canadian Officers Training Corps.
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Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
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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Lieutenant John Roberts Kenmure
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lt. John Roberts Kenmure - Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
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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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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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John 2nd row left. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Group photo from Torontonensis yearbook, 1941. At photo right, shown in front row is John McLeod Hogg, President; standing behind him is John Roberts "Jack" Kenmure. Both would lose their lives in the war.
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From the Toronto Star March 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Entry from Torontonensis, University of Toronto's yearbook for 1942, lists Kenmure's activities and interests, which included training with the Canadian Officers Training Corps.
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star August 1944. 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.
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 351 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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