Family Information:
Son of William Hall Kinnear and Clara Ann Kinnear; husband of Edress Mae Kinnear, of St. Catharines, Ontario.

Cemetery:
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
Calvados,France

Grave Reference:
XII. G. 1.

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 2048 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.

Visiting Information:
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission wishes to announce a 3 year headstone replacement programme at Beny Sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery. The replacement of some 2048 headstones is required because an unusually rapid deterioration of the existing markers has resulted in poor standards of legibility. The project will consist of three stages. Phase one involves the replacement of 768 headstones within plots II,III,VI,VII,X and XI. This work will be carried out between September 2008 and November 2008. Phase two will consist of 640 headstones for plots I,V,IX,XIII,and XIV. This phase will take place during 2009 -10 but will be scheduled not to impact upon the 65th D-Day anniversary ceremonies in June 2009. Phase three will consist of 640 headstones for plots IV,VIII,XII,XV1 and XV. The whole project is anticipated to be completed by March 2011.

Commemorated on Page 353 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.The Book of Remembrance is in the Memorial Chamber, which occupies the second level of the Peace Tower in the Houses of Parliament, Ottawa.