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John Peter Sweeney

In memory of:

Gunner John Peter Sweeney

June 9, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

A/3830

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Artillery

Division:

4 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Additional Information


Born:

June 9, 1921
Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

March 18, 1940
London, Ontario

Son of Edward and Alice Sweeney of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Nora Sweeney.

Commemorated on Page 457 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:

IV. G. 15.

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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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of John Peter Sweeney– Fought and lost his life for the freedom of others.
  • Paying Respects– Alice Sweeney, Jack's mother at his grave in 1953
  • Grave Marker– This photo is of John Peter Sweeney's headstone - the photos with it are of his wife Nora and his two children, Diane and Brian.
  • Temporary Grave Marker– Original Cross Headstone ... mistake on service number was corrected later
  • Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery– The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4  kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
  • Stone of Remembrance– Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Entrance– Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery– April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Grave Marker– Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial Stone– Gunner J. P. Sweeney's wife passed away 8 years after he was killed in action ... this is her headstone in Fairview Cemetery in Acton with his name on it as well.

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