Military service
Service number:
L/12993
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
July 2, 1919
Carlyle, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
April 23, 1940
Weyburn, Saskatchewan
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
B. 56.
Additional information
Husband of Wanda Beatty, of Toronto, Ontario. Son of Walter W. and Elizabeth Beatty (1979 National Memorial (Silver) Cross Mother), of Carlyle, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Walter Earl Beatty, who also served in the South Saskatchewan Regiment and who died on this same day, at Dieppe.
Digital gallery of Private Melville Douglas Beatty
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Group Photo
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Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, just outside the Dieppe, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
War Memorial
This memorial is located in Carlyle, Saskatchewan. -
Photo of ELIZABETH BEATTY
Elizabeth Beatty National Silver Cross Mother 1979. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of ELIZABETH BEATTY
Elizabeth Beatty National Silver Cross Mother 1979. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of MELVILLE DOUGLAS BEATTY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of MELVILLE DOUGLAS BEATTY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Melville Douglas Beatty
Digital gallery of
Private Melville Douglas Beatty
Digital gallery of
Private Melville Douglas Beatty
Digital gallery of
Private Melville Douglas Beatty
Digital gallery of
Private Melville Douglas Beatty
Digital gallery of
Private Melville Douglas Beatty
Digital gallery of
Private Melville Douglas Beatty
Digital gallery of
Private Melville Douglas Beatty
Digital gallery of
Private Melville Douglas Beatty
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 57 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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