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George Franklyn Baker

In memory of:

Sergeant George Franklyn Baker

July 9, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

F/49775

Age:

34

Force:

Army

Unit:

North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information


Son of Franklyn and Helen Baker, of Amherst, Nova Scotia; husband of Eve Maude Baker, of Amherst.

Commemorated on Page 241 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

IX. A. 4.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Id Card– Submitted for the project, Operation  Picture Me
  • Photo of GEORGE FRANKLYN BAKER– Submitted for the project, Operation  Picture Me
  • Certificate– Submitted for the project, Operation  Picture Me
  • Attestation paper– Submitted for the project, Operation  Picture Me
  • Photo– It is unknown who this person is. The photo was found in George's military service file. Submitted for the project, Operation  Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Post Card– Found at a flea market
  • Post Card (Back)– Post Card found at a flea market.
  • Photo of GEORGE FRANKLYN BAKER– George Franklyn Baker, North Nova Scotia Highlanders.
  • Photo of GEORGE FRANKLYN BAKER– George Franklyn Baker, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, R.C.I.C
  • Photo of GEORGE FRANKLYN BAKER– George Franklyn Baker
  • Photo of GEORGE FRANKLYN BAKER– George Franklyn Baker
  • Photo of GEORGE FRANKLYN BAKER– Front of Postcard Sent to Theresa Weatherbee(Sister of deceased) from George Baker. (George Franklyn Baker in photo)
  • Post Card– back of postcard sent to Theresa Weahterbee from George Franklyn Baker
  • Envelope– env for letter sent to George Franklyn Bakers Parents, from George Baker
  • Letter– Pg 1 of letter sent to family by George Baker
  • Letter– pg 2 of letter sent to family from George Baker
  • Grave Marker– A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4  kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens)
  • Cemetery– The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4  kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
  • Inscription– Epitaph

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