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David Kilbourn Hazzard

In memory of:

Lieutenant David Kilbourn Hazzard

July 5, 1944

Military Service

Age:

35

Force:

Army

Unit:

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

Additional Information

Son of Smith Hazzard and Alice L. Hazzard; husband of Audrey F. Hazzard, of Mirnico, Ontario.

Commemorated on the Brockville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Roll of Honour.

Commemorated on Page 331 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:

IV. D. 2.

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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  • Photo of DAVID KILBOURN HAZZARD– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of DAVID KILBOURN HAZZARD – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Attestation paper – 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
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Document – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star December 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star December 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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

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

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of David K. Hazzard– Captain David Hazzard enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 and rose to the rank of Sergeant by 1941. He completed officer training and returned to the regiment. Captain Hazzard landed on D-Day in the first wave with B Coy. He was promoted to Captain and was subsequently Killed In Action at Carpiquet airfield.

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    Photo of David K. Hazzard
    Photo of David K. Hazzard – Captain David Hazzard enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 and rose to the rank of Sergeant by 1941. He completed officer training and returned to the regiment. Captain Hazzard landed on D-Day in the first wave with B Coy. He was promoted to Captain and was subsequently Killed In Action at Carpiquet airfield.
  • Obituary notice– This copy of Lt Hazzard's obituary in a Toronto paper was obtained by myself.

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    Obituary notice
    Obituary notice – This copy of Lt Hazzard's obituary in a Toronto paper was obtained by myself.
  • Grave marker– This photo of Lieut Hazzard's gravemarker at Beny-sur-mer Cmetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C, on June 6, 2003.

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – This photo of Lieut Hazzard's gravemarker at Beny-sur-mer Cmetery was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C, on June 6, 2003.
  • 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)
  • Grave Marker– Grave marker - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Grave Marker – Grave marker - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Entrance– Entrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Entrance – Entrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Cemetery– Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Cemetery
    Cemetery – Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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