Military service
Burial/memorial information
Digital gallery of Rifleman Robert Munro Findlay
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
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Photo of Robert Munro Findlay
Rifleman Robert M. Findlay B131123 Born 03-06-24 Former Student of Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute -
Document
Robert Findlay filled out this registration form when he entered Lawrence Park Collegiate in 1939. He left the school in June of 1940and transferred to Central Technical School. Notice that the comment on the bottom of the card says that he was killed in the RCAF. This is incorrect. -
Document
Graves Registration Form for Robert Munro Findlay.<BR> Library & Archives Canada vis Whitehouse -
Death Certificate
Ontario Registration of Death for Robert Munro Findlay.<BR> Library & Archives Canada -
Letter
Bridagier Laurin asks his son to look into the loss of Findlays possessions in England. <BR> (The parents of Findlay are using the 'back door' to get answers from CMHQ)<BR> Library & Archives Canada -
Letter
Bridagier Laurin son, Colonel Laurin, asks the Department of Veterans' Affairs for an answer to his fathers request. Library & Archives Canada via Whitehouse -
Letter
On the 6th of December 1945, the Findlay household in Toronto received this letter from the Director of Records (CA). It was a worning that their son was one of 31 bodies found in a mass grave. They had be murdered by German SS troops on 8 June 44. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Document
This mimeographed sheet list all of the bodies found in the mass grave. There were three survivors who informed their superiors about the execution of the unarmed prsioners of war. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Document
This message to authorities in Canada was to warn them of the coming publicity problem of the War Crimes trial in Nurnenburg of the SS unit Commanding Officer Kurt Meyer. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter
Mr. Findlay sent this letter to the Director of Records (Col Laurin) in an effort to find out how and when his son had been killed. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter
This statement was made by a survivor of the massacre of Canadian POWs on * June 44. There were two other men from Findlay's unit that escaped as well. They are named in this document. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter (January 9, 1946)
Col. Laurin Letter 9 January 1946 (page 1) This letter was written to Robert Findlay's father in reply to a letter from the father asking why he had not been notified earlier. This letter explains the circumstances around lack of notification of the next-of-kin. General Kurt Meyer could not be conficted of these murders because the Army couldn't prove beyond a 'reasonable' doubt that they were killed by the SS.(page 2) Col Laurin explains that the Army doesn't deal in anything but facts and will not upset families over anything else. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
Letter (January 9, 1946)
Col Lauring Letter 9 Jan 46 (page 2) Colonel Laurin is the Director of Records for the Canadian Army. This letter was written to the parents in response to a letter to his office from the Adjutant-General's office stating that the German General accused of the murder of these 31 men had been found not guilty by lack of evidence. Source: Whitehouse via Archives Canada -
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) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Rifleman Robert Munro Findlay is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
This monument is dedicated to the memory of the Canadian soldiers of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and to all other Canadian combatants who played a part in the Liberation of Putot-en-Bessin on 7 June 1944. Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944........Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Munro Findlay
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Munro Findlay
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Munro Findlay
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Munro Findlay
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Munro Findlay
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Robert Munro Findlay
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 304 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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