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John Campbell

In memory of:

Rifleman John Campbell

June 17, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

B/134348

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Son of John R. and Emily Campbell, of Mount Dennis, Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 266 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

XVI. C. 9.

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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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star June 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo and obituary of John Campbell– Rifleman Campbell joined The Queen's Own Rifles in 1943 in England. He was in Dog Company and one of those captured at Le Mesnil Patry on 11 June 44. Rifleman Campbell, along with five other QOR riflemen who were wounded, were taken to another location and executed around 17 June by the 12 SS Panzer troops.

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    Photo and obituary of John Campbell
    Photo and obituary of John Campbell – Rifleman Campbell joined The Queen's Own Rifles in 1943 in England. He was in Dog Company and one of those captured at Le Mesnil Patry on 11 June 44. Rifleman Campbell, along with five other QOR riflemen who were wounded, were taken to another location and executed around 17 June by the 12 SS Panzer troops.
  • Gravemarker– This photo of Rifleman Campbell's gravemarker at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery was taken by Padre Cameron in June 1997.

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    Gravemarker – This photo of Rifleman Campbell's gravemarker at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery was taken by Padre Cameron in June 1997.
  • 37 Canadian Place– The town of Authie, France honoured 37 Canadian soldiers by naming a street after them. The young Canadians, mostly from the Maritimes, were part of the D-Day invasion and were killed while trying to liberate the town from the Germans.

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    37 Canadian Place
    37 Canadian Place – The town of Authie, France honoured 37 Canadian soldiers by naming a street after them. The young Canadians, mostly from the Maritimes, were part of the D-Day invasion and were killed while trying to liberate the town from the Germans.
  • Photo 2 of 37 Canadians place

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    Photo 2 of 37 Canadians place
    Photo 2 of 37 Canadians place
  • Plaque

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  • 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)

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    Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
    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)

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