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Military service
Service number:
H/8282
Age:
20
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Death:
June 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. B. 3.
Additional information
Son of William James McGookin, and of Elizabeth McGookin, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
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Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
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) -
Grave Marker
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Stone of Remembrance - Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of CECIL JAMES MCGOOKIN
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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. -
Memorial
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin is also commemorated on the Memorial at Putot-en-Bessin, FR … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Cecil James McGookin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 386 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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