• Normandy Massacres

Date of birth:

July 7th, 1923 (McConnell/Manitoba, Canada)

Date of death:

June 8th, 1944 (France)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Beny-sur-mer
Plot: XVI. Row: B. Grave: 3.

Service number:

H/95615

Nationality:

Canadian

Frank Vernon Meakin grew up in the small community of Birnie, Manitoba, where he lived with his mother, Mrs. Jennie Meakin, following the death of his father, John Meakin, in 1938. Frank was single, fluent in English, and had completed Grade VIII in school. Before enlisting, he worked as a labourer for Northern Wood Preserve, and he supported his widowed mother with $15 per month.

On February 25, 1942, at the age of 18, Frank enlisted in the Canadian Army in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was assigned to the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps and later transferred to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. His military training included service at various Canadian training centers before he was deployed overseas.

Frank’s service took him to the United Kingdom and eventually to the front lines in France during the Normandy campaign. On June 8, 1944, just two days after the D-Day landings, Lance Corporal Frank Vernon Meakin was murdered by Waffen-SS soldiers near Château d’Audrieu, Calvados, Normandy.

His death was a profound loss to his family, especially to his mother, Jennie Meakin, who also lost another son, Corporal George Edward Meakin, in the same campaign. Frank left no will, no spouse, and no children. His estate and war service gratuity were administered by the Department of National Defence and awarded to his mother as next of kin.

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