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Son of Daniel Samuel and Anna Marcella Wood, of Williamstown, Ontario.
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Sapper Earl Wood
Inscription to the memory of Earl M Wood on the family grave marker in the cemetery of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Williamstown, Ontario.
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Sapper Earl Wood
Although Earl Wood died on July 8, 1944, he was first reported missing in Casualty List No. 546 of the Canadian Army Overseas, dated August 14, 1944. He was 'Previously Reported Missing ' Now Presumed Dead' in Casualty List No. 848 of the Canadian Army Overseas, dated April 23, 1945.
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Sapper Earl Wood
Earl Wood is commemorated on a 'Remembrance' Memorial, to 'HONOUR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1914-1918 1939-1945 KOREA 1950-1953 erected by the Williamstown Community Club in 1953.
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Sapper Earl Wood
Detail of "Remembrance" Memorial, to 'HONOUR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1914-1918 1939-1945 KOREA 1950-1953 erected by the Williamstown Community Club in 1953.
Digital gallery of
Sapper Earl Wood
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)
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Sapper Earl Wood
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
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Sapper Earl Wood
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Inscription to the memory of Earl M Wood on the family grave marker in the cemetery of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Williamstown, Ontario.
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Although Earl Wood died on July 8, 1944, he was first reported missing in Casualty List No. 546 of the Canadian Army Overseas, dated August 14, 1944. He was 'Previously Reported Missing ' Now Presumed Dead' in Casualty List No. 848 of the Canadian Army Overseas, dated April 23, 1945.
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Earl Wood is commemorated on a 'Remembrance' Memorial, to 'HONOUR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1914-1918 1939-1945 KOREA 1950-1953 erected by the Williamstown Community Club in 1953.
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Detail of "Remembrance" Memorial, to 'HONOUR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 1914-1918 1939-1945 KOREA 1950-1953 erected by the Williamstown Community Club in 1953.
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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)
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The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
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From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 482 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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