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Henry Harrison Bennett

In memory of:

Lieutenant Henry Harrison Bennett

August 14, 1944

Military Service

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa

Additional Information

Son of Captain Ronald V. Bennett and Elva I. Bennett of Sackville, New Brunswick.

Brother of Major Edwin Ronald Bennett, who died while serving with The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.

Commemorated on Page 247 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

XI. F. 8.

Location:

This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Henry Harrison Bennett, nephew of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett, is buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery which is found on the main road between Caen and Falaise. His brother Edwin Roland Bennett is buried in the same cemetery.

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    Grave Marker – Henry Harrison Bennett, nephew of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett, is buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery which is found on the main road between Caen and Falaise. His brother Edwin Roland Bennett is buried in the same cemetery.
  • Family Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Family Photo – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of HENRY HARRISON BENNETT– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of HENRY HARRISON BENNETT – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Circumstances of death– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Circumstances of death – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation papers– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation papers – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Sackville War Memorial. Sackville NB, Canada. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD)

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    Memorial – Sackville War Memorial. Sackville NB, Canada. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD)
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Memorial– Bennett Brothers Memorial building located at 10 Salem Street, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick

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    Memorial – Bennett Brothers Memorial building located at 10 Salem Street, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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