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Fils de R. V. C. et Edith M. Bessonette. Époux de Jean MacG. Bessonette, d'Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse. Le lieutenant-colonel John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette, commandant du Corps royal de l'intendance de l'Armée canadienne, fut le premier officier supérieur à tomber au champ d'honneur en France. Il avait alors 37 ans. Le 17 juin, il fut tué par un obus de 83 mm alors qu'il tentait de porter secours à un camarade officier, le capitaine Harry Knight Eaton, qui venait d'être atteint mortellement par un obus quelques instants plus tôt. Les deux officiers furent initialement mis en terre dans un petit enclos paroissial, en Normandie. Le lieutenant-colonel Bessonette laissa dans le deuil son épouse et quatre enfants, ainsi que ses parents, R.V.C. et Edith M. Bessonette de Admirals Road. Il fit ses études à Victoria et fréquenta le Collège militaire royal, à Kingston. Après avoir été promu au grade d'oficier dans la milice, il obtint son transfert dans la force permanente, en 1930. Après avoir été blessé lors des bombardements de Coventry, il dut être hospitalisé pendant huit mois au Canada. Lorsqu'il retourna en Angleterre, il prit le commandement d'une unité qui suivi un entraînement de commandos. En 1942, il fut promu au grade de lieutenant-colonel et prit le commandement du CRIAC dans la troisième division canadienne.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
1888 Lt Col John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette (RMC 1926) was the son of R. V. C. and Edith M. Bessonette. Bessonette received his education in Victoria and attended Royal Military College in Kingston. He was the husband of Jean MacG. Bessonette, of Halifax, Nova Scotia and the parent of four children. Lt.-Col. John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette, the commander of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, who was the first senior officer to be killed in action in France. He was 37. He was hit by an 83mm shell on June 17 while running to the assistance of a fellow officer, Capt. Harry Knight Eaton, fatally injured by a shell a moment before. He served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He died on June 17, 1944 at 37 years of age. He was buried in the Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in
Calvados, France IV. B. 5.
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Lieutenant-colonel John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
1888 Lt Col John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette (RMC 1926) was the son of R. V. C. and Edith M. Bessonette. Bessonette received his education in Victoria and attended Royal Military College in Kingston. He was the husband of Jean MacG. Bessonette, of Halifax, Nova Scotia and the parent of four children. Lt.-Col. John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette, the commander of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, who was the first senior officer to be killed in action in France. He was 37. He was hit by an 83mm shell on June 17 while running to the assistance of a fellow officer, Capt. Harry Knight Eaton, fatally injured by a shell a moment before. He served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He died on June 17, 1944 at 37 years of age. He was buried in the Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in
Calvados, France IV. B. 5.
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Lieutenant-colonel John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades.
1888 Lt Col John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette (RMC 1926) was the son of R. V. C. and Edith M. Bessonette. Bessonette received his education in Victoria and attended Royal Military College in Kingston. He was the husband of Jean MacG. Bessonette, of Halifax, Nova Scotia and the parent of four children. Lt.-Col. John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette, the commander of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, who was the first senior officer to be killed in action in France. He was 37. He was hit by an 83mm shell on June 17 while running to the assistance of a fellow officer, Capt. Harry Knight Eaton, fatally injured by a shell a moment before. He served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He died on June 17, 1944 at 37 years of age. He was buried in the Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in
Calvados, France IV. B. 5.
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1888 Lt Col John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette (RMC 1926), the commander of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, was the first senior officer to be killed in action in France. He is is commemorated by Bessonette Lake in Mackenzie, Northwest Territories. Latitude: 63° 40' 1' North Longitude: 114° 44' 5' West http://www.pwnhc.ca/programs/commemorative_names/war_casualties.asp
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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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Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
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Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
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Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant-colonel John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette
From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1888 Lt Col John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette (RMC 1926) was the son of R. V. C. and Edith M. Bessonette. Bessonette received his education in Victoria and attended Royal Military College in Kingston. He was the husband of Jean MacG. Bessonette, of Halifax, Nova Scotia and the parent of four children. Lt.-Col. John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette, the commander of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, who was the first senior officer to be killed in action in France. He was 37. He was hit by an 83mm shell on June 17 while running to the assistance of a fellow officer, Capt. Harry Knight Eaton, fatally injured by a shell a moment before. He served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He died on June 17, 1944 at 37 years of age. He was buried in the Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France IV. B. 5.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1888 Lt Col John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette (RMC 1926) was the son of R. V. C. and Edith M. Bessonette. Bessonette received his education in Victoria and attended Royal Military College in Kingston. He was the husband of Jean MacG. Bessonette, of Halifax, Nova Scotia and the parent of four children. Lt.-Col. John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette, the commander of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, who was the first senior officer to be killed in action in France. He was 37. He was hit by an 83mm shell on June 17 while running to the assistance of a fellow officer, Capt. Harry Knight Eaton, fatally injured by a shell a moment before. He served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He died on June 17, 1944 at 37 years of age. He was buried in the Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France IV. B. 5.
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1888 Lt Col John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette (RMC 1926) was the son of R. V. C. and Edith M. Bessonette. Bessonette received his education in Victoria and attended Royal Military College in Kingston. He was the husband of Jean MacG. Bessonette, of Halifax, Nova Scotia and the parent of four children. Lt.-Col. John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette, the commander of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, who was the first senior officer to be killed in action in France. He was 37. He was hit by an 83mm shell on June 17 while running to the assistance of a fellow officer, Capt. Harry Knight Eaton, fatally injured by a shell a moment before. He served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He died on June 17, 1944 at 37 years of age. He was buried in the Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France IV. B. 5.
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1888 Lt Col John Rupert Wilson Turner Bessonette (RMC 1926), the commander of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, was the first senior officer to be killed in action in France. He is is commemorated by Bessonette Lake in Mackenzie, Northwest Territories. Latitude: 63° 40' 1' North Longitude: 114° 44' 5' West http://www.pwnhc.ca/programs/commemorative_names/war_casualties.asp
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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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Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
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Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
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Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Times Globe newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Saint John (New Brunswick) Telegraph Journal newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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CIMETIÈRE DE GUERRE CANADIEN DE BÉNY-SUR-MER Calvados, France
Le cimetière militaire canadien de Bény-sur-Mer est à environ 1 km à l'est du village de Reviers, sur la route de Creully-Tailleville-Ouistreham (D35). Reviers est un village et une commune du Calvados, à 15 km au nord-est de Caen, à 18 km à l'est de Bayeux et à 3,5 km au sud de Courseulles, un village sur la Manche. Le village de Bény-sur-Mer se trouve à environ 2 km au sud-est du cimetière. L'autocar entre Caen et Arromanches (via Reviers et Ver-sur-Mer) passe devant le cimetière.
C'est un peu au nord, sur la côte, qu'est débarquée la 3e Division du Canada le 6 juin 1944 et que 335 officiers et soldats ont été tués au combat ou sont morts de leurs blessures. Dans ce cimetière reposent les Canadiens qui ont péri lors du débarquement en Normandie et au cours des premières étapes de la campagne qui a suivi.
Les Canadiens qui sont morts vers la fin des combats en Normandie sont inhumés au cimetière militaire canadien de Bretteville-sur-Laize. Le cimetière militaire canadien de Bény-sur-Mer compte 2048 sépultures, ainsi qu'un monument spécial érigé à la mémoire d'un soldat du Corps canadien d'infanterie dont on sait qu'il a été inhumé ici, mais dont la tombe n'a jamais pu être trouvée.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
L’image du coquelicot est une marque déposée de la Légion royale canadienne (Direction nationale) et est utilisée avec sa permission. Cliquez ici pour en savoir plus sur le coquelicot.
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