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David Kennedy Mayrs

In memory of:

Sergeant David Kennedy Mayrs

September 29, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

187104

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

8th Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal

Additional Information


Born:

May 24, 1892
Coleraine, Ireland

Son of John and Margaret B. Mayrs, of Seven Oaks, Winnipeg.

Commemorated on Page 469 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. B. 40.

Location:

Sancourt is a village in the Department of the Nord 5 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and one kilometre east of the main road to Douai. The SANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is about 635 metres north-west of the village on the old Douai-Cambrai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of David Kennedy Mayrs– David Kennedy Mayrs
Sergeant, 8th Battalion, Canadian Infantry ( Manitoba Regiment) 
Born, May 24, 1892, County Derry, Northern Ireland
Killed in Action, September 29th, 1918
Buried, British Cemetery, Sancourt, France

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