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Military service
Service number:
B/74142
Age:
25
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
August 16, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIX. C. 8.
Additional information
Son of William and Alice Benson. Husband of Dorothy M. Benson, of Dorking, Surrey, England.
Digital gallery of Corporal Ronald William John Benson
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Photo of RONALD WILLIAM JOHN BENSON
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Roll of honour
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Book of Remembrance
In memory of the students from the Vaughan Road Collegiate Institute (Toronto) who went away to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of RONALD WILLIAM JOHN BENSON
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Attestation paper
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Telegram
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Letter
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Letter
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Ronald William John Benson
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Charles Edward Phillips
Lieutenant
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
Charles Edward Slack
Major
Governor General's Foot Guards, R.C.A.C.
Charles Edward Tait
Private
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor), R.C.I.C.
B/148268
Charles Eldon Anderson
Corporal
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
G/32359
Charles Ernest Fairfield
Flight Lieutenant
Royal Canadian Air Force
J/12542
Charles Ferries Robertson Thom
Major
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Charles Frederick Young
Private
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
B/77562
Charles Graham Sanderson
Captain
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Charles Hamilton McMurdo
Sergeant
Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment, R.C.A.C.
K/85328
Charles Henry Farrant
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
K/66501
Charles Howard Kearney
Private
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
A/76096
Charles James Williams
Private
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
B/52502
Charles Joseph Doyle
Captain
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Charles Joseph Mayall
Private
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
D/81445
Charles Kolesar
Gunner
Royal Canadian Artillery
H/69860
Charles Leonard Carr
Private
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
D/142039
Charles Leonard Draper
Private
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
B/42835
Charles Leroy
Rifleman
Regina Rifle Regiment
B/17961
Charles Mackie
Private
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
H/20983
Charles Maitland Kilner
Warrant Officer Class II
Canadian Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
K/62144
Charles Neale
Corporal
Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.
B/41087
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