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Husband of Elizabeth McKinstry, of Brownton, Peterboro, Ontario.
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Private William McKinstry
Pte William McKinstry and his wife Elizabeth. May 1916 prior to 93rd Bn Peterborough's departure.
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Private William McKinstry
His parents Sarah and Samuel Irlam memorialized him on his sister’s (Emily) gravestone in the oldest cemetery (Weaste Cemetery) in Salford, Manchester, England (Grave A4-4304). “For King and country he did his best, God grant his soul eternal rest.”
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Private William McKinstry
93rd Bn photo taken on 19 May, 1916 in front of Peterborough Armoury. Pte McKinstry is circled.
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Private William McKinstry
Photo of 93rd Battalion, B Company. Taken on 19 May 1916.
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Pte William McKinstry and his wife Elizabeth. May 1916 prior to 93rd Bn Peterborough's departure.
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His parents Sarah and Samuel Irlam memorialized him on his sister’s (Emily) gravestone in the oldest cemetery (Weaste Cemetery) in Salford, Manchester, England (Grave A4-4304). “For King and country he did his best, God grant his soul eternal rest.”
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93rd Bn photo taken on 19 May, 1916 in front of Peterborough Armoury. Pte McKinstry is circled.
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Photo of 93rd Battalion, B Company. Taken on 19 May 1916.
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From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 285 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915.
Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.
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