Project number: [JOWBR, FR-05284]
The
BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR Cemetery in REVIERS, CALVADOS, FRANCE, 18 burials total.
Cemetery Description
William Lawrence Sklar
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery is about 1 kilometer 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 kilometers north-west of Caen and 18 kilometers east of Bayeux and 3.5 kilometers south of Courseulles, a village on the sea coast. The village of Beny-sur-Mer is some 2 kilometers south-east of the cemetery. Reviers is a village lying 18 kilometers east of Bayeux, 15 kilometers north west of Caen and 4 kilometers south of Courseulles-sur-Mer. The cemetery lies on the north side of the main road 1 kilometer east of Reviers.
Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Many of those buried in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery were men of the 3rd Canadian Division who died either on 6 June or during the early days of the advance towards Caen, when the Division engaged a German battle group formed from the 716th Division and the 21st Panzer Division.
Sources:
- Beth Tzedec Congregation, Toronto, Canada August 2014 Spiro trip.
- www.cjhn.ca "Canadian Jewish War Casualties
- www.verterans.gc.ca for pictures not taken by Beth Tzedec trip
- www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission - for grave listings
Main cemetery entrance
Another cemetery entrance
Third cemetery entrance
Cemetery flag
Cemetery plan
George Meltz Memorial
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