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David Maurice Legassick

In memory of:

Trooper David Maurice Legassick

June 11, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

G/4756

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.

Division:

6th Armd. Regt.

Additional Information

Son of Herbert and Winnifred Legassick, of Hampton, King's Co., New Brunswick.

Commemorated on Page 363 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:

VI. H. 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 Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)

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    Grave Marker – A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (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)
  • Memorial– 4138 3 lt. Military figure (1945) stained glass memorial window by Robert McCausland Limited. in the Memorial Chapel at Rothsay Collegiate School, now Rothsay Netherwood School, Rothsay, N.B. World War I Lewis Almon Reay Mackay Jasper Boyd Andrews Ralph Markham Percy Irving Baker Norman Mungall John Samuel Brown Theophilus Henry Oliver George Stuart Burchill Lionel Overton Oliver John Daniel Brock George Nugent Dickson Otty Herbert Montgomery Campbell Franklin Sharp Rankin Reginald Herber Hamilton Daniel Earle Markee Scovil Frank Russell Fairweather Alexander Seaman Arthur Vernon Hatch Hugh Mariner Teed James Walter Holly Daniel Lionel Teed Charles Edward Kingdon Jones Lawrence Tremaine Wilkinson Charles Murray Lawson World War II Leo Campbell Armstrong John Colwell Kitchen George Edgar Auld David Maurice Legassick Donald Allison Black Ian Fraser Mac Witt Charles Corbett Brannen Hugh Kaye McAvity Peter George Victor Chandler George Eccles Nixon Arthur DeWitt George William Alexander Paterson Charles Fawcett Thomas Southall Porter Walter William Vassie Foster Walter Allison Prescott Duncan Alexander Hewitt Theodore Estabrooks Rising Alleyne Russell Hubbard Thomas Medley Kingdon Richards Chad Noel Millner Humphrys William Paterson Sprenger Victor Yelverton Haines Charles Lester Stevenson Ralph Royden Ings Gerradus Marinus Stonner Dale Sealy Kent Horace Burpee Tucker Arthur Haliburton King Korean War Cyril Harriot Hugh Meynell

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    Memorial
    Memorial – 4138 3 lt. Military figure (1945) stained glass memorial window by Robert McCausland Limited. in the Memorial Chapel at Rothsay Collegiate School, now Rothsay Netherwood School, Rothsay, N.B. World War I Lewis Almon Reay Mackay Jasper Boyd Andrews Ralph Markham Percy Irving Baker Norman Mungall John Samuel Brown Theophilus Henry Oliver George Stuart Burchill Lionel Overton Oliver John Daniel Brock George Nugent Dickson Otty Herbert Montgomery Campbell Franklin Sharp Rankin Reginald Herber Hamilton Daniel Earle Markee Scovil Frank Russell Fairweather Alexander Seaman Arthur Vernon Hatch Hugh Mariner Teed James Walter Holly Daniel Lionel Teed Charles Edward Kingdon Jones Lawrence Tremaine Wilkinson Charles Murray Lawson World War II Leo Campbell Armstrong John Colwell Kitchen George Edgar Auld David Maurice Legassick Donald Allison Black Ian Fraser Mac Witt Charles Corbett Brannen Hugh Kaye McAvity Peter George Victor Chandler George Eccles Nixon Arthur DeWitt George William Alexander Paterson Charles Fawcett Thomas Southall Porter Walter William Vassie Foster Walter Allison Prescott Duncan Alexander Hewitt Theodore Estabrooks Rising Alleyne Russell Hubbard Thomas Medley Kingdon Richards Chad Noel Millner Humphrys William Paterson Sprenger Victor Yelverton Haines Charles Lester Stevenson Ralph Royden Ings Gerradus Marinus Stonner Dale Sealy Kent Horace Burpee Tucker Arthur Haliburton King Korean War Cyril Harriot Hugh Meynell

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