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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C.
Division:
4th Reconnaissance Regt.
Death:
December 7, 1941
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
36. B. 6.
Additional information
Son of James Brookes Beveridge and Nancy Beveridge of Westmount, Quebec.
Brother of Wing Commander Massey Williamson Beveridge who died on September 20, 1944, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2558 Lt John Brookes Beveridge (RMC 1937) was the son of James Brookes Beveridge and Nancy Beveridge, of Westmount, Quebec. He served with the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C. 4th Reconnaissance Regt. He died on December 7, 1941 at 21 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom 36. B. 6. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2558 Lt John Brookes Beveridge (RMC 1937) was the son of James Brookes Beveridge and Nancy Beveridge, of Westmount, Quebec. He served with the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C. 4th Reconnaissance Regt. He died on December 7, 1941 at 21 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom 36. B. 6. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2558 Lt John Brookes Beveridge (RMC 1937) was the son of James Brookes Beveridge and Nancy Beveridge, of Westmount, Quebec. He served with the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C. 4th Reconnaissance Regt. He died on December 7, 1941 at 21 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom 36. B. 6. -
Grave marker
2558 Lt John Brookes Beveridge (RMC 1937) was the son of James Brookes Beveridge and Nancy Beveridge, of Westmount, Quebec. He served with the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C. 4th Reconnaissance Regt. He died on December 7, 1941 at 21 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom 36. B. 6. -
Photo of JOHN BROOKES BEVERIDGE
2558 Lt John Brookes Beveridge (RMC 1937) was the son of James Brookes Beveridge and Nancy Beveridge, of Westmount, Quebec. He was a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada. He served with the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C. 4th Reconnaissance Regt. He died on December 7, 1941 at 21 years of age. He was buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, United Kingdom 36. B. 6. -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
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 -
Group Photo
Brookes, Nan, Donald, Betty, John, Massey and Bill. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death registers
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Birth ceritificate
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Death Certificate
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram January 1940. 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 Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant John Brookes Beveridge
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Lieutenant John Brookes Beveridge
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Lieutenant John Brookes Beveridge
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Brookes Beveridge
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Brookes Beveridge
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Brookes Beveridge
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Brookes Beveridge
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Brookes Beveridge
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Brookes Beveridge
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 23 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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