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William McKinstry

In memory of:

Private William McKinstry

March 5, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

195965

Age:

32

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

20th Bn.

Additional Information

Born:

November 8, 1884
Manchester, England

Husband of Elizabeth McKinstry, of Brownton, Peterboro, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 285 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. E. 23.

Location:

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.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of William McKinstry– Pte William McKinstry and his wife Elizabeth. May 1916 prior to 93rd Bn Peterborough's departure.

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    Photo of William McKinstry
    Photo of William McKinstry – Pte William McKinstry and his wife Elizabeth. May 1916 prior to 93rd Bn Peterborough's departure.
  • Family Memorial– 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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    Family Memorial
    Family Memorial – 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.”
  • Group Photo– 93rd Bn photo taken on 19 May, 1916 in front of Peterborough Armoury. Pte McKinstry is circled.

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – 93rd Bn photo taken on 19 May, 1916 in front of Peterborough Armoury. Pte McKinstry is circled.
  • Group Photo– Photo of 93rd Battalion, B Company. Taken on 19 May 1916.

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – Photo of 93rd Battalion, B Company. Taken on 19 May 1916.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the British Whig, a Kingston, Ontario newspaper. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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