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Harry Henry Hawkins

In memory of:

Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins

July 18, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

B/64095

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

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

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Henry and Sarah Hawkins; husband of Mary Hawkins, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 331 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:

XIV. A. 6.

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– From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Harry H. Hawkins– Rifleman "Buck" Hawkins enlisted in June 1940 with the QOR of C and served for four years with the Regiment prior to D-Day. He landed on D-Day with A Company of the QOR and fought in the various Normandy battles until killed while fighting at Giberville (east of Caen) on 18 July 1944.

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    Photo of Harry H. Hawkins
    Photo of Harry H. Hawkins – Rifleman "Buck" Hawkins enlisted in June 1940 with the QOR of C and served for four years with the Regiment prior to D-Day. He landed on D-Day with A Company of the QOR and fought in the various Normandy battles until killed while fighting at Giberville (east of Caen) on 18 July 1944.
  • Obituary– This copy of Rifleman Hawkin's obituary is from a Toronto paper.

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    Obituary – This copy of Rifleman Hawkin's obituary is from a Toronto paper.
  • Obituary– This obituary of Rfn Buck Hawkins was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944.

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    Obituary – This obituary of Rfn Buck Hawkins was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944.
  • Grave marker– This photo of Rfn "Buck" Hawkins' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery on June 6th, 2003.

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – This photo of Rfn "Buck" Hawkins' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery on June 6th, 2003.
  • 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)
  • Stained Glass Window– A stained glass window at St. Albins Cathedral, Prince Albert, SK is dedicated to the members of the congregation killed during the First World War. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [window/vitrail] TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM 1914-1918 D.G. BANNERMAN F.L. BARLOW L.B. BARNARD P. CROCKFORD J. COTTAN C. HARDY H. FISHER G. FORBES J. FALCHER G. BEVERIDGE W. GRIFFIN H.T. COSTER H. HAWKINS F.N. HARMER S. ROBSON D.F. GOW H.R. HANDCOCK A.H.M. PEIRCE O. KEYWORTH T. LOFTHOUSE J. MANSFIELD M. KEMP H. TURNER E. MARSHALL S. MCDONALD A.B. MACGREGOR R. DARCY STICKLAND T.A. SCHOFIELD A.N. SMITH F.N. ROSS P. MAIR To the glory of God and in honour of the men of this church who gave their lives in the cause of freedom 1914-1918 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2246

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    Stained Glass Window
    Stained Glass Window – A stained glass window at St. Albins Cathedral, Prince Albert, SK is dedicated to the members of the congregation killed during the First World War. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [window/vitrail] TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM 1914-1918 D.G. BANNERMAN F.L. BARLOW L.B. BARNARD P. CROCKFORD J. COTTAN C. HARDY H. FISHER G. FORBES J. FALCHER G. BEVERIDGE W. GRIFFIN H.T. COSTER H. HAWKINS F.N. HARMER S. ROBSON D.F. GOW H.R. HANDCOCK A.H.M. PEIRCE O. KEYWORTH T. LOFTHOUSE J. MANSFIELD M. KEMP H. TURNER E. MARSHALL S. MCDONALD A.B. MACGREGOR R. DARCY STICKLAND T.A. SCHOFIELD A.N. SMITH F.N. ROSS P. MAIR To the glory of God and in honour of the men of this church who gave their lives in the cause of freedom 1914-1918 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2246

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