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Douglas Philip Reed

In memory of:

Rifleman Douglas Philip Reed

June 6, 1944
France

Military Service

Service Number:

B/66090

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

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

Additional Information

Born:

February 21, 1918
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

November 4, 1940
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Phillip and Flora Reed of Toronto, Ontario.

Brother of Lance Corporal Gordon Reed, who died on the same day while serving with the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.

Commemorated on Page 424 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:

I. C. 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– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Circumstances of death– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Circumstances of death
    Circumstances of death – 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
  • Letter– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Telegram– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Telegram – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Brothers Gordon (left) and Douglas. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Group Photo – Brothers Gordon (left) and Douglas. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Group Photo– Gordon, Flora, Douglas and Ross Reed. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Group Photo – Gordon, Flora, Douglas and Ross Reed. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • 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 September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Photo of Douglas Philip Reed– Rifleman Reed enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 and served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He was killed on D-Day at Bernieres-sur-mer as was his younger brother, Corporal Gordon Reed.

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    Photo of Douglas Philip Reed
    Photo of Douglas Philip Reed – Rifleman Reed enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 and served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and in England. He was killed on D-Day at Bernieres-sur-mer as was his younger brother, Corporal Gordon Reed.
  • Gravemarker– Padre Cameron took this photo of Rifleman Reed's gravemarker in June 1997 during a visit to Normandy.

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    Gravemarker
    Gravemarker – Padre Cameron took this photo of Rifleman Reed's gravemarker in June 1997 during a visit to Normandy.
  • Obituary– This obituary of brothers George and Douglas Reed was published in a Toronto newspaper in June 1944.

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    Obituary
    Obituary – This obituary of brothers George and Douglas Reed was published in a Toronto newspaper in June 1944.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Bruce MacFarlane
  • 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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