Norman Clayton Hanson ^16,23

  General Notes:

died Normandy Invasion , August 1944 in France.

In memory of
Sapper
NORMAN CLAYTON HANSON
who died on August 6, 1944.

Military Service:

Service Number: L/19552
Age: 28
Force: Army
Regiment: Royal Canadian Engineers
Unit: 8 Field Sqn.

Additional Information:
Son of Christian and Nellie Hanson, of Preeceville, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 327 of the
Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Veterans Affairs Canada, The Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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CWGC Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Casualty Details

Name: HANSON, NORMAN C.
Initials: N C
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: Royal Canadian Engineers
Unit Text: 8 Field Sqn.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 06/08/1944
Service No: L/19552
Additional information: Son of Christian and Nellie Hanson, of Preeceville, Saskatchewan.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. G. 3.
Cemetery: BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS

Cemetery Details
Cemetery: BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS
Country: France
Locality: Calvados

Location Information: Reviers is a village lying 18 kilometres east of Bayeux, 15 kilometres north west of Caen and 4 kilometres south of Courseulles-sur-Mer. The cemetery lies on the north side of the main road 1 kilometre east of Reviers.

Historical Information: The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Many of those buried in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery were men of the 3rd Canadian Division who died either on 6 June or during the early days of the advance towards Caen, when the Division engaged a German battle group formed from the 716th Division and the 21st Panzer Division. The cemetery contains 2,048 Second World War burials, the majority Canadian, and 19 of them unidentified.
No. of Identified Casualties: 2030