Harry Esmond Rouse

1924 - 1944  (19 years)

• Name	Harry Esmond Rouse
  Birth	19 Oct 1924	Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jul 1944	, , France
  Burial	Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Riviers Calvodos, France
  Person ID	I466	Weeks
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Karl Esmond Rouse,   b. 13 May 1895, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada d. 18 May 1951, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Theresa Sarah Ann Jones,   b. 1 Mar 1898, St Olave, London, England, United Kingdom d. 1981, Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1918	Tillsonburg, Dereham Twp, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Ontario Marriages 1857 - 1822 MS932- 632, Reg # 014723 Bridegroom: Karl Esmond Rouse, Soldier, Bachelor Birthplace: Tilsonburg Age: 23 Father: Edward Rouse Mother Charity Weeks Bride: Theresa Sarah Ann Jones, Spinster, Age 21 Birthplace: London, England Father: Alfred Jones Mother: Margaret Skinner Clergyman: T. B. Howard, Anglican Witness: Lavelle Rouse, Tillsonburg Witness: Lelitia Hughes, Tillsonburg
  Family ID	F118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	N.E. Herron
  Family ID	F154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 8 Jul 1944 - , , France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Private Harry Esmond Rouse Grave WWII Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery Beny-Sur Mer XV.A9
  		Harry Esmond Rouse WWII Grave description Beny-Sur-Mer Commonwealth War Cemetery
  		Harry Esmond Rouse Grave Stone Bény-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery – France
  		Bény-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery – France Bény-Sur-Mer is one of two Canadian Military cemeteries located in Normandy. This cemetery is located between the towns of Reviers and Beny-Sur-Mer, which overlooks Juno Beach, where the 3rd Canadian Division landed on 06 Jun 1944 in conflict with 12 SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend prior to the liberation of Caen on the 9th of July 1944. Each grave marker states the Names and the military number of the deceased soldier, his Age and Rank, the name of his Unit, the date of his Death as well as the emblem of his Regiment or the Canadian Maple Leaf emblem. One of those grave markers is for Private Harry Esmond Rouse, youngest Son of Karl Esmond Rouse and Theresa Sarah Ann Jones of Tillsonburg Ontario Canada succumbed to his wounds received in Battle at Juno Beach on 08 July 1944. He was only 19 years of age.

  
  

• Notes

  Tombstone Marker shared with his parents, Theresa A. and Karl E. Rouse Pte Harry E Rouse, 1925 - Killed overseas 1945. The front page of the July 27, 1944 edition of The Tillsonburg News: Photo and article of Harry Rouse, a 19 yr old Canadian Armed Forces soldier who died of wounds sustained in the Battle of France on July 8, 1944. Harry was with the R.C.I.C. (Royal Canadian Infantry Corps) North Shore, NB In Memory of Private Harry Rouse, who died on July 8, 1944 Military Service: Service Number: A/108145 Age: 19 Force: Army Unit: North Shore (New Brunswick ) Regiment R.C.I.C, Division: R.C.I.C. "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. There are a total of 2048 burials in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery." Veteran Affairs Canada, Commonwealth War Graves Commission Additional Info: Son of Karl E. and Theresa Rouse, husband of Norah Evelyn Rouse of Tillsonburg, Ontario Commemorated on Page 433 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Burial Information Beny-Sur-Mer- Canadian War Cemetery Grave Reference: XV.A.9.

  
  

• Sources

  [S98] OVS Marriages 1918 Karl E Rouse & Theresa S A Jones, Reg # 014723 (Reliability: 3).