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Russell Rennie

In memory of:

Rifleman Russell Rennie

June 8, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

H/40716

Age:

36

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Additional Information


Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Rennie, of Pierson, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 426 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

IV. G. 16.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022.
  • Memorial– Rifleman Russell Rennie is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Photo of Russell Rennie– Photo of H40716 Rifleman Russell Rennie
who served with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.  Born in Pierson Man. 1906,
Killed in Action June 8th 1944 at Normandy (D-Day +2) France  Age 36.
Photo taken from Page 49 of the Pierson Man. Community Tribute book.
  • Tribute– Front cover of the Pierson Man. Community Tribute book.
  • Grave Marker– 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)
  • Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery– The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4  kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
  • Entrance– Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery– Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker– Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - August 2012 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker– Photo taken by Roger Shier, April 7, 2017

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