Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Francis Gordon Radcliff
In memory of:
Lieutenant Francis Gordon Radcliff
June 6, 1944
Normandy, France
Military Service
34
Army
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Additional Information
May 26, 1910
Elbow, Saskatchewan
July 9, 1940
Victoria, British Columbia
Son of Henry Francis and Laura Radcliff; husband of Edith Doreen Elizabeth Radcliff, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Brother of Warrant Officer Kenneth Edward Radcliff who died on April 29, 1943 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force
Lt Radcliff and his platoon was sent to attack Château de Vaux, which was done with little difficulty, but he was mortally wounded leading his men farther inland.
Commemorated on Page 423 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
II. F. 1.
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.
Digital Collection
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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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) -
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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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