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Military service
Age:
48
Rank:
Brigadier General
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Division:
Inspector of Mines, G.H.Q., 1st Echelon
Birth:
January 1, 1870
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
May 23, 1918
France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXVIII. L. 2.
Additional information
Son of Hon. Donald MacInnes and Mary Amelia (nee Robinson), his wife, of Hamilton, Ontario. Husband of Millicent Wolferstan MacInnes, of The Ridge, Camberley, Surrey.
Additional citations
Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George and The Distinguished Service Order. Order of St. Stanislas, 1st Class (Russia), Officer of The Legion of Honour (France).
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Memoir of Duncan Sayre MacInnes (page 5)
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Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 236 BGen Duncan Sayre Macinnes CMG DSO (RMC 1885) was the son of Hon. Donald MacInnes and Mary Amelia (nee Robinson), his wife, of Hamilton, Ontario. He was the husband of Millicent Wolferstan MacInnes, of The Ridge, Camberley, Surrey. He served with the Royal Engineers, Inspector of Mines, G.H.Q., 1st Echelon. He was awarded a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; the Distinguished Service Order. Order of St. Stanislas, 1st Class (Russia); and Officer of The Legion of Honour (France). He died on 23 May 1918. He was buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. -
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Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 236 BGen Duncan Sayre Macinnes CMG DSO (RMC 1885) was the son of Hon. Donald MacInnes and Mary Amelia (nee Robinson), his wife, of Hamilton, Ontario. He was the husband of Millicent Wolferstan MacInnes, of The Ridge, Camberley, Surrey. He served with the Royal Engineers, Inspector of Mines, G.H.Q., 1st Echelon. He was awarded a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; the Distinguished Service Order. Order of St. Stanislas, 1st Class (Russia); and Officer of The Legion of Honour (France). He died on 23 May 1918. He was buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 236 BGen Duncan Sayre Macinnes CMG DSO (RMC 1885) was the son of Hon. Donald MacInnes and Mary Amelia (nee Robinson), his wife, of Hamilton, Ontario. He was the husband of Millicent Wolferstan MacInnes, of The Ridge, Camberley, Surrey. He served with the Royal Engineers, Inspector of Mines, G.H.Q., 1st Echelon. He was awarded a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; the Distinguished Service Order. Order of St. Stanislas, 1st Class (Russia); and Officer of The Legion of Honour (France). He died on 23 May 1918. He was buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. -
Duncan Sayre Memorial Scholarship
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Memorial Stairway
Brigadier General Duncan Sayre Macinnes DSO, CMG died on May 23, 1918. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1891, winning the sword of honour in 1891 and the Governor-General gold medal. He is remembered at RMC on the Memorial Arch, and the memorial stairwell. -
Memorial Arch
Brigadier General Duncan Sayre Macinnes DSO, CMG died on May 23, 1918. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1891, winning the sword of honour in 1891 and the Governor-General gold medal. He is remembered at RMC on the Memorial Arch, and the memorial stairwell. -
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 604 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.
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