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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 3, 1917
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Enlistment:
October 7, 1941
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
July 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. D. 9.
Additional information
Son of James Alexander William Whiteford McNeily, K.C., and Margaret Elizabeth Potts McNeily. Husband of Elizabeth Mary McNeily, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
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Newspaper clipping
This copy of Lt McNeily's obituary in a Toronto newspaper was recorded by myself on October 26, 2001. -
Photo of James Rogerson McNeily
Lt McNeily joined the QOR of C after D-Day as a first-line replacement officer due to the high number of officer casualties in the first week of combat. He was KIA as a platoon commander with "A" Company at the town of Giberville (east of Caen). -
Gravemarker of James Rogerson McNeily
This photo of Lt. McNeily's grave at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery was taken by myself during Op Normandie Return in June 1994. -
Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
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Correspondence
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Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant James Rogerson McNeily
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 391 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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