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Allen Hamilton Taylor

In memory of:

Trooper Allen Hamilton Taylor

June 6, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

B/62947

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

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

Division:

6th Armd. Regt.

Citation(s):

1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.

Additional Information

Born:

December 11, 1914
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

July 9, 1942
Toronto, Ontario

Son of James Allen Taylor and Bella Taylor; husband of Gladys Taylor, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Elma Taylor.

Commemorated on Page 458 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:

IX. D. 7.

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
  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – 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 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
  • Grave Marker– Photo taken by John S. Brehaut while travelling to France in May of 2003.

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    Grave Marker – Photo taken by John S. Brehaut while travelling to France in May of 2003.
  • Photo of Allen Taylor– A family member wrote a couple of paragraphs about Allen in her autobiography: My cousin, Allen Hamilton Taylor, joined the Army Artillery Corps and was sent overseas in March, 1943 with the Tank Corp. As you can imagine, tanks were primary targets for both sides. He was killed on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and is buried in Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Calvados, France, 1X. D. 7. Allen was my favourite cousin and he was an active member of the York Bible Class in Toronto. Our mothers were sisters, and there was only a year's difference in our ages. While he was on Embarkation Leave before going overseas, I had met him at the corner of Bloor and Margueretta Streets, and we talked for over half an hour. I was always glad that we had this time together. While Allen had been in England, he had married an English girl (Gladys) and they had a baby. She came to Canada after the war but I never met her as I was also married and was then living in Montreal.

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    Photo of Allen Taylor
    Photo of Allen Taylor – A family member wrote a couple of paragraphs about Allen in her autobiography: My cousin, Allen Hamilton Taylor, joined the Army Artillery Corps and was sent overseas in March, 1943 with the Tank Corp. As you can imagine, tanks were primary targets for both sides. He was killed on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and is buried in Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, Calvados, France, 1X. D. 7. Allen was my favourite cousin and he was an active member of the York Bible Class in Toronto. Our mothers were sisters, and there was only a year's difference in our ages. While he was on Embarkation Leave before going overseas, I had met him at the corner of Bloor and Margueretta Streets, and we talked for over half an hour. I was always glad that we had this time together. While Allen had been in England, he had married an English girl (Gladys) and they had a baby. She came to Canada after the war but I never met her as I was also married and was then living in Montreal.
  • Family Photo– This photo was taken in 1923. The back row is Jim Taylor (Allen's father). Middle row, left to right: Elma (sister of Allen), Irene and Vera Hall (cousins of Allen); Front row: Allen is seen posing between his twin cousins Herbert and Albert Hall.

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    Family Photo
    Family Photo – This photo was taken in 1923. The back row is Jim Taylor (Allen's father). Middle row, left to right: Elma (sister of Allen), Irene and Vera Hall (cousins of Allen); Front row: Allen is seen posing between his twin cousins Herbert and Albert Hall.
  • 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 Allen Hamilton Taylor– In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Photo of Allen Hamilton Taylor
    Photo of Allen Hamilton Taylor – In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Western Technical School– In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Western Technical School
    Western Technical School – In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Memorial Plaque– In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – In memory of the students from Western Technical School, Toronto who served during World War II and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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