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Military service
Service number:
231120
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
May 14, 1887
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William and Isabella Byers, of Drumbee, Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan, Ireland.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Burbank to Bytheway. Microform Sequence 16; Volume Number 31829_B016725. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 160. Page 877 of 926. -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Private Samuel Byers
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Byers
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Byers
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Byers
Digital gallery of
Private Samuel Byers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 211 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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