Canadian Virtual War Memorial
David Kennedy Mayrs
In memory of:
Sergeant David Kennedy Mayrs
September 29, 1918
Military Service
187104
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
8th Bn.
Military Medal
Additional Information
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
SANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord, France
I. B. 40.
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 -
Details
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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