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Son of William John and Ormenta Simpson, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Mary Jean Simpson, of Toronto. Brother of William James Simpson.
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
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Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
This copy of Sgt. Simpson's obituary is from a Toronto paper in June 1944.
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
This photo of Sgt Simpson's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron on June 6th, 2003.
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
LSgt John M. Simpson, QOR of C, 1944
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Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
John M. Simpson (R) and brother William J. Simpson (L) c. 1940
John (Jack) was 20 yrs. old and a Rifleman with the QOR of C, William (Red) was 15 yrs old and a Private with the Kent Regt when this photo was taken. Four years later they went ashore together with the QOR of C at Juno Beach on D-Day. William said that John's last words as he died were "Keep Going!" William died in the line of duty as a City of Toronto Firefighter in 1966.
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Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
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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Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
John M. Simpson ca, 1939. Age 18. Employed as Jewelry Polisher or Jeweler's Apprentice.
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Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant John Montgomery Simpson
From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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This copy of Sgt. Simpson's obituary is from a Toronto paper in June 1944.
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This photo of Sgt Simpson's gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron on June 6th, 2003.
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LSgt John M. Simpson, QOR of C, 1944
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John M. Simpson (R) and brother William J. Simpson (L) c. 1940 John (Jack) was 20 yrs. old and a Rifleman with the QOR of C, William (Red) was 15 yrs old and a Private with the Kent Regt when this photo was taken. Four years later they went ashore together with the QOR of C at Juno Beach on D-Day. William said that John's last words as he died were "Keep Going!" William died in the line of duty as a City of Toronto Firefighter in 1966.
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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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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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John M. Simpson ca, 1939. Age 18. Employed as Jewelry Polisher or Jeweler's Apprentice.
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From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 443 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
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.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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