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Albert Koshney

In memory of:

Private Albert Koshney

August 6, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

L/102926

Force:

Army

Unit:

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

Additional Information

Son of Peter Koshney and of Anna Koshney (nee Suchla), of Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 355 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:

VII. E. 12.

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 Regina Leader Post November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Albert Koshney– Uncle Abby, as he was called all of his life, was just 21 years old when he died in France. He had no wife or children to mourn him. On the back of his picture, has my Grandmother's handwriting. Pte. Albert Alexander Koshney died of wounds on August 6, 1944, he is buried near Caen, France. On the back of the picture which shows his grave, it is stamped Pte. Albert Alexander Koshney, Beny sur Mer Canadian Cemetery, Plot VII, Row E, Grave 12. At the time of his death he was in the "Infantry". My Dad was in the "Tank Corps" just miles away. He rushed to his brother and held him in his arms weeping as Abby died. His death left a life time of grief for his family. The picture of his grave above, was carried in my Grandfather's wallet everyday until he died in 1960.

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    Photo of Albert Koshney
    Photo of Albert Koshney – Uncle Abby, as he was called all of his life, was just 21 years old when he died in France. He had no wife or children to mourn him. On the back of his picture, has my Grandmother's handwriting. Pte. Albert Alexander Koshney died of wounds on August 6, 1944, he is buried near Caen, France. On the back of the picture which shows his grave, it is stamped Pte. Albert Alexander Koshney, Beny sur Mer Canadian Cemetery, Plot VII, Row E, Grave 12. At the time of his death he was in the "Infantry". My Dad was in the "Tank Corps" just miles away. He rushed to his brother and held him in his arms weeping as Abby died. His death left a life time of grief for his family. The picture of his grave above, was carried in my Grandfather's wallet everyday until he died in 1960.
  • 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)

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    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)

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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)
  • Photo of Albert Koshney– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Albert Koshney
    Photo of Albert Koshney – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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